CVE-2019-5625: Eaton Halo Home Android App Insecure Storage

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-5625 is a high (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in eaton halo_home. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 22-05-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Android mobile application Halo Home before 1.11.0 stores OAuth authentication and refresh access tokens in a clear text file. This file persists until the user logs out of the application and reboots the device. This vulnerability can allow an attacker to impersonate the legitimate user by reusing the stored OAuth token, thus allowing them to view and change the user's personal information stored in the backend cloud service. The attacker would first need to gain physical control of the Android device or compromise it with a malicious app.

• CWE-922Insecure Storage of Sensitive InformationThe product stores sensitive information without properly limiting read or write access by unauthorized actors.
• CWE-522Insufficiently Protected CredentialsThe product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.