CVE-2019-5625 — The Android mobile application Halo Home before 1

The Android mobile application Halo Home before 1.11.0 stores OAuth authentication and refresh access tokens in a clear text file. This file persists until the user logs out of the application and reboots the device. This vulnerability can allow an attacker to impersonate the leg

01What is this vulnerability?

The Android mobile application Halo Home before 1.11.0 stores OAuth authentication and refresh access tokens in a clear text file. This file persists until the user logs out of the application and reboots the device. This vulnerability can allow an attacker to impersonate the legitimate user by reusing the stored OAuth token, thus allowing them to view and change the user's personal information…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Eaton	HALO Home	before 1.11.0

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: 2019-05-22T18:11:12.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T20:01:52.038Z

09References

• blog.rapid7.com — https://blog.rapid7.com/2019/05/21/investigating-the-plumbing-of-the-iot-ecosyst…
• www.eaton.com — https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/news-insights/cybersecurity/secu…