CVE-2020-5589
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 45th percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
SONY Wireless Headphones WF-1000X, WF-SP700N, WH-1000XM2, WH-1000XM3, WH-CH700N, WH-H900N, WH-XB700, WH-XB900N, WI-1000X, WI-C600N and WI-SP600N with firmware versions prior to 4.5.2 have vulnerability that someone within the Bluetooth range can make the Bluetooth pairing and operate such as changing volume of the product.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 45th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
5 events over 1626 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
- wf-1000x firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- wf-sp700n firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- wh-1000xm2 firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- wh-1000xm3 firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- wh-ch700n firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- wh-h900n firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- wh-xb700 firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
- wh-xb900n firmwareHardware Firmware / printer-peripheral
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Scored 8.8 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector AdjacentRequires access to the local network (e.g. same Wi-Fi, Bluetooth)
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
- User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
- Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
Sources
References in the record
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