Device identity forgery via unauthenticated SMS command
Published Feb 6, 2025 · Updated Feb 10, 2025
Missing authentication in KW50 and KW-60 smartwatch firmware allows remote attackers to forge the identity of an affected device. The affected builds accept the fixed token in an IMEI-setting SMS and write the supplied value as the watch IMEI without authenticating the sender. Cellular SMS reachability and knowledge of the watch number are required; changing the IMEI enables impersonation where services rely on that identifier.
Summary
What happened
Missing authentication in KW50 and KW-60 smartwatch firmware allows remote attackers to forge the identity of an affected device. The affected builds accept the fixed token in an IMEI-setting SMS and write the supplied value as the watch IMEI without authenticating the sender. Cellular SMS reachability and knowledge of the watch number are required; changing the IMEI enables impersonation where services rely on that identifier.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-36555
- Published
- Feb 6, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 10, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-306, T1644
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 6, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 10, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- KTH children’s smartwatch hijacking proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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