CVE-2018-9318 describes a critical vulnerability in the Telematics Control Unit (TCU) of BMW vehicles manufactured between 2012 and 2018. This flaw allows a remote attacker to compromise the TCU via the cellular network, potentially leading to full compromise of the unit. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, granting high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) and no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:bmw:telematics_control_unit_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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