CVE-2016-2398 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Comcast XFINITY Home Security System does not properly maintain base-station communication, which allows physically proximate attackers to defeat sensor functionality by interfering with ZigBee 2.4 GHz transmissions.

Published: 2016-02-17

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:comcast:xfinity_home_security_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-3482	Comcast XFINITY Home Security System does not properly maintain base-station communication, which allows physically proximate attackers to defeat sensor functionality by interfering with ZigBee 2.4 GHz transmissions.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Adjacent Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00527.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/418072
http://www.wired.com/2016/01/xfinitys-security-system-flaws-open-homes-to-thieves/
https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2016/01/05/r7-2015-23-comcast-xfinity-home-security-system-insecure-fail-open

History

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Subscriptions

Comcast Xfinity Home Security System

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-02-17T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:23:32.807Z

Reserved: 2016-02-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2398

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-02-17T16:59:02.457

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-2398

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-254

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