CVE-2014-1849 Foscam Dynamic DNS predictable credentials vulnerability
Date Published: 05-08-2014
Class: Design error
Remotely Exploitable: yes
Vulnerability Description:
Foscam IP camera vendor provides a Dynamic DNS (DynDNS) service. Every Foscam camera has a preassigned FQDN of xx####.myfoscam.org format, where 'x' is an alphabetic ASCII character and '#' is a digit. Each camera has a unique host name associated with it. That host name is flashed into the camera memory and is printed on a sticker on the bottom of the camera. The corresponding unique entry is created in Foscam DNS server for every manufactured camera. If the Foscam DynDNS option on the camera is enabled then that entry is updated with the current IP address of the user on every camera boot.
For updating DNS entries Foscam employs a custom protocol over UDP. This custom protocol uses the camera subdomain as a username and password to verify the authenticity of the request thus making it possible for an attacker to overwrite an arbitrary camera record in the Foscam DNS server. Existing setup doesn't have a mechanism to change the username/password neither on DynDNS nor on the camera.
Report timeline:
* January 30th, 2014 - Foscam was notified
* February 6th, 2014 - Vendor acknowledges the receipt of the email and asks for technical details
* February 19th, 2014 - Vendor contacted again and asked to confirm the vulnerability
* February 19th, 2014 - Vendor acknowledges the vulnerability and outlines the plan to address the issue. Vendor asks to withhold the disclosure until May 1st, 2014 so that the fix can be rolled out.
* April 30th, 2014 - Vendor notifies that newly manufactured cameras will contain the fix. Vendor confirms that the existing cameras will not be fixed.
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