CVE-2018-9312 — The Head Unit HU_NBT (aka Infotainment) component on BMW i Series, BMW X Series,

The Head Unit HU_NBT (aka Infotainment) component on BMW i Series, BMW X Series, BMW 3 Series, BMW 5 Series, and BMW 7 Series vehicles produced in 2012 through 2018 allows a local attack when a USB device is plugged in.

01What is this vulnerability?

The Head Unit HU_NBT (aka Infotainment) component on BMW i Series, BMW X Series, BMW 3 Series, BMW 5 Series, and BMW 7 Series vehicles produced in 2012 through 2018 allows a local attack when a USB device is plugged in.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-05-31T12:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T07:17:51.822Z

09References

• keenlab.tencent.com — https://keenlab.tencent.com/en/Experimental_Security_Assessment_of_BMW_Cars_by_K…
• www.theregister.co.uk — https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/23/bmw_security_bugs/
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104258