CVE-2018-19830

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-12-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The UBSexToken() function of a smart contract implementation for Business Alliance Financial Circle (BAFC), an tradable Ethereum ERC20 token, allows attackers to change the owner of the contract, because the function is public (by default) and does not check the caller's identity.

Affected products

Business Alliance Financial Circle Project Business Alliance Financial Circle: all versions

References

https://github.com/SmartContractResearcher/SmartContractSecurity/blob/master/New%20Vulnerabilities%20Allow%20Anyone%20to%20Own%20Certain%20ERC20-Based%20Smart%20Contracts%28CVE-2018-19830%2C%20CVE-2018-19831%2C%20CVE-2018-19832%2C%20CVE-2018-19833%2C%20CVE-2018-19834%29/README.md
https://github.com/SmartContractResearcher/SmartContractSecurity/blob/master/New%20Vulnerabilities%20Allow%20Anyone%20to%20Own%20Certain%20ERC20-Based%20Smart%20Contracts%28CVE-2018-19830%2C%20CVE-2018-19831%2C%20CVE-2018-19832%2C%20CVE-2018-19833%2C%20CVE-2018-19834%29/README.md

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