# CVE-2018-3927: An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the crash handler of the hubCore binary of the Samsung SmartThings Hub STH-ETH

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-08-27 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Samsung: Samsung SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250 - Firmware version 0.20.17

## Description

An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in the crash handler of the hubCore binary of the Samsung SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250 - Firmware version 0.20.17. When hubCore crashes, Google Breakpad is used to record minidumps, which are sent over an insecure HTTPS connection to the backtrace.io service, leading to the exposure of sensitive data. An attacker can impersonate the remote backtrace.io server in order to trigger this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Samsung, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0594

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