Firmware disclosure via unauthenticated download endpoint
Published Oct 14, 2024 · Updated Mar 25, 2025
Information exposure in Preston Cinema 0.2.0 allows remote attackers to download device firmware without authentication. The FirmwareUpdateActivity pcsPath field exposes a Google Cloud Storage URL, and the server returns its firmware manifest without an access-control check. Unauthenticated internet access permits retrieval of 88 firmware images; the report documents disclosure but no ability to change server content.
Summary
What happened
Information exposure in Preston Cinema 0.2.0 allows remote attackers to download device firmware without authentication. The FirmwareUpdateActivity pcsPath field exposes a Google Cloud Storage URL, and the server returns its firmware manifest without an access-control check. Unauthenticated internet access permits retrieval of 88 firmware images; the report documents disclosure but no ability to change server content.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-48797
- Published
- Oct 14, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 25, 2025
- Vendor
- Preston Cinema Systems
- Product
- Preston Cinema
- Classifications
- CWE-200, T1530
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 14, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0.2.0
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Public exploit references
- Unauthenticated firmware manifest retrieval demonstrationproof of concept · demonstrated
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