CVE-2018-3918

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-08-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-707

Description

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the remote servers of Samsung SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250 - Firmware version 0.20.17. The hubCore process listens on port 39500 and relays any unauthenticated messages to SmartThings' remote servers, which incorrectly handle camera IDs for the 'sync' operation, leading to arbitrary deletion of cameras. An attacker can send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

Samsung SmartThings Hub STH-ETH-250: 0.20.17

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0582
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0582

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