CVE-2022-41505 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An access control issue on TP-LInk Tapo C200 V1 devices allows physically proximate attackers to obtain root access by connecting to the UART pins, interrupting the boot process, and setting an init=/bin/sh value.

Published: 2023-01-23

Score: 6.4 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 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tapo_c200_v1_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tapo_c200_v1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2022-44698	An access control issue on TP-LInk Tapo C200 V1 devices allows physically proximate attackers to obtain root access by connecting to the UART pins, interrupting the boot process, and setting an init=/bin/sh value.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00103.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/hemant70072/Access-control-issue-in-TP-Link-Tapo-C200-V1.

History

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-306
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Tp-link Tapo C200 V1 Tapo C200 V1 Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-01-23T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-03T14:25:54.440Z

Reserved: 2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-41505

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:42:46.254Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-23T15:15:13.940

Modified: 2025-04-03T15:15:42.463

Link: CVE-2022-41505

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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