CVE-2019-5635 MEDIUM

CVE-2019-5635: Hickory Smart Lock Cleartext Password

Vendor Belwith Products, Llc
Product Hickory Smart Ethernet Bridge
Weakness CWE-319 · Cleartext transmission
Published August 22, 2019
Last update September 16, 2024
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A cleartext transmission of sensitive information vulnerability is present in Hickory Smart Ethernet Bridge from Belwith Products, LLC. Captured data reveals that the Hickory Smart Ethernet Bridge device communicates over the network to an MQTT broker without using encryption. This exposed the default username and password used to authenticate to the MQTT broker. This issue affects Hickory Smart Ethernet Bridge, model number H077646. The firmware does not appear to contain versioning information.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 22, 2019 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated