September 26, 2024 at 12:06PM
Researchers disclosed vulnerabilities in Kia vehicles allowing remote control and access to sensitive information by exploiting the dealership infrastructure. Impacting vehicles made after 2013, attackers could add themselves as “invisible” users, track and send commands to the vehicle discreetly. The flaws were patched by Kia in August 2024 following responsible disclosure.
I have generated the following clear takeaways from the meeting notes:
– Cybersecurity researchers recently disclosed vulnerabilities in Kia vehicles that would have allowed remote control over key functions by using only a license plate. These vulnerabilities affected almost all vehicles made after 2013 and could also grant access to sensitive information such as the owner’s name, phone number, email address, and physical address.
– The vulnerabilities exploited the Kia dealership infrastructure to register for a fake account and generate access tokens, ultimately allowing access to a victim’s vehicle with as little as four HTTP requests.
– Kia addressed these flaws as of August 14, 2024, following responsible disclosure in June 2024, and there is no evidence that these vulnerabilities were ever exploited in the wild.
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