CVE-2020-8994
[Discoverer]
*Jian-Xian Li, Pei-Jing Sun, Guan-Wei Hou, Jieh-Chian Wu
National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology
[Description]
An issue was discovered on XIAOMI AI speaker MDZ-25-DT 1.34.36, 1.40.14.Attackers can get root shell by accessing the UART interface and then they can read Wi-Fi SSID or password, read the dialogue text files between users and XIAOMI AI speaker, use Text-To-Speech tools pretend XIAOMI speakers' voice achieve social engineering attacks, eavesdrop on users and record what XIAOMI AI speaker hears, delete the entire XIAOMI AI speaker system, modify system files, stop voice assistant service, start the XIAOMI AI speaker’s SSH service as a backdoor.
[Attack Type]
Physical
[Product]
XIAOMI AI speaker MDZ-25-DT
[Version]
1.34.36 , 1.40.14
XIAOMI AI speaker MDZ-25-DT devices vulnerability
demonstration
Debug points exist in most of the equipment and are used for factory testing. By removing the case of the XIAOMI AI speaker, we can find the debug point on the UART port. Figure 1 shows how a laptop is connected to XIAOMI AI speaker via UART port.
Since there is no any authentication procedure for the access to the UART ports, we can login as root with no password to be asked. Figure 2 shows the screenshot of login as root with no password to be asked.
Impact demonstration from XIAOMI AI speaker MDZ-25-DT devices vulnerability
1. Read Wi-Fi SSID or password displayed in cleartext
2. Read the dialogue text files between users and XIAOMI AI speaker
3. Use Text-To-Speech tools pretend XIAOMI speakers' voice achieve social engineering attacks
video:https://youtu.be/yCadG38yZW8









