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Mir100 FirmwareOperating system · Aliasrobotics

CVE-2020-10271

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2020-06-24
Fix available
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Public exploit Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
MiR100, MiR200 and other MiR robots use the Robot Operating System (ROS) default packages exposing the computational graph to all network interfaces, wireless and wired. This is the result of a bad set up and can be mitigated by appropriately configuring ROS and/or applying custom patches as appropriate. Currently, the ROS computational graph can be accessed fully from the wired exposed ports. In combination with other flaws such as CVE-2020-10269, the computation graph can also be fetched and interacted from wireless networks. This allows a malicious operator to take control of the ROS logic and correspondingly, the complete robot given that MiR's operations are centered around the framework (ROS).

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Mir100 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:<= 2.8.1.1
Mir200 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:<= 2.8.1.1
Mir250 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:<= 2.8.1.1
Mir500 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:<= 2.8.1.1
Mir1000 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:<= 2.8.1.1
Er200 FirmwareOperating system
Affected:<= 2.8.1.1
Er Lite FirmwareOperating system
Affected:<= 2.8.1.1
Er Flex FirmwareOperating system
Affected:<= 2.8.1.1

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 2.8.1.1
Recommended fix Moderate confidence
  1. Restrict ROS computational graph exposure by configuring ROS network settings to bind only to trusted network interfaces, excluding exposed wired/wireless ports
  2. Modify ROS environment variables (ROS_MASTER_URI, ROS_HOSTNAME) to bind to specific internal IP addresses rather than all interfaces (0.0.0.0)
  3. If wireless access is not required for operations, disable wireless network interfaces on the robot
  4. Implement network segmentation (VLANs/firewall rules) to ensure the robot's ROS ports are only accessible from authorized control stations
  5. If CVE-2020-10269 is present, apply the wireless authentication fixes to prevent remote exploitation over WiFi
  6. Test ROS topic/service accessibility from untrusted networks to confirm the exposure is mitigated
  7. Document the network configuration changes and restrict physical access to wired network ports

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