A new set of significant vulnerabilities in the Realtek RTL8170C Wi-Fi module has been disclosed. These flaws allow an attacker to exploit and therefore gain elevated privileges on a device.
Security researchers from Israeli IoT security firm Vdoo said in a write-up that “Successful exploitation would lead to complete control of the Wi-Fi module and potential root access on the OS (such as Linux or Android) of the embedded device that uses this module”.
The Realtek RTL8710C Wi-Fi SoC serves as the foundation for Ameba, an Arduino-compatible programmable platform with peripheral interfaces for developing a variety of IoT applications through devices in the agriculture, automotive, energy, healthcare, industrial, security, and smart home sectors.
The vulnerabilities affect all embedded and IoT devices that use the component to connect to Wi-Fi networks. An attacker would … () // Read more: original article.
