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By Date By Thread Keurig 2.0 Genuine K-Cup Spoofing Vulnerability From: Kenneth Buckler <kenneth.buckler () gmail com>

Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 13:04:20 -0500

*Overview* Keurig 2.0 Coffee Maker contains a vulnerability in which the authenticity of coffee pods, known as K-Cups, uses weak verification methods, which are subject to a spoofing attack through re-use of a previously verified K-Cup. *Impact* CVSS Base Score: 4.9 Impact Subscore: 6.9 Exploitability Subscore: 3.9 Access Vector: Local Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: Complete Availability Impact: None *Vulnerable Versions* Keurig 2.0 Coffee Maker *Technical Details* Keurig 2.0 is designed to only use genuine Keurig approved coffee K-Cups. However, a flaw in the verification method allows an attacker to use unauthorized K-Cups. The Keurig 2.0 does verify that the K-Cup foil lid used for verification is not re-used. Step 1: Attacker uses a genuine K-Cup in the Keurig machine to brew coffee or hot chocolate. Step 2: After brewing is complete, attacker removes the genuine K-Cup from the Keurig and uses a knife or scissors to carefully remove the full foil lid from the K-Cup, ensuring to keep the full edges intact. Attacker keeps this for use in the attack. Step 3: Attacker inserts a non-genuine K-Cup in the Keurig, and closes the lid. Attacker should receive an "oops" error message stating that the K-Cup is not genuine. Step 4: Attacker opens the Keurig, leaving the non-genuine K-Cup in the Keurig, and carefully places the previously saved genuine K-Cup lid on top of the non-genuine K-Cup, lining up the puncture hole to keep the lid in place. Step 5: Attacker closes the Keurig, and is able to brew coffee using the non-genuine K-Cup. Since no fix is currently available, owners of Keurig 2.0 systems may wish to take additional steps to secure the device, such as keeping the device in a locked cabinet, or using a cable lock to prevent the device from being plugged in when not being used by an authorized user. Please note that a proof of concept is already available online. *Credit: * Proof of concept at http://www.keurighack.com/ Vulnerability Writeup by Ken Buckler, Caffeine Security http://caffeinesecurity.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Sent through the Full Disclosure mailing list http://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure Web Archives & RSS: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/ By Date By Thread Current thread: Keurig 2.0 Genuine K-Cup Spoofing Vulnerability Kenneth Buckler (Dec 09)