PT-2018-9575 · Bitpay · Copay Bitcoin Wallet

Fallingsnow + 1 · Published 2018-12-20 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-1000851

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Copay Bitcoin Wallet versions 5.01 through 5.1.0

Description The issue concerns the storage of wallet private keys, which can be compromised. This can occur when the affected version runs malicious code at startup. It is estimated that a significant number of users may be affected, although the exact number is not specified. The vulnerability appears to have been addressed in version 5.2.0 and later.

Recommendations For Copay Bitcoin Wallet versions 5.01 through 5.1.0, update to version 5.2.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-522

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-1000851

Affected Products

Copay Bitcoin Wallet

References · 6

• 🔥 https://github.com/dominictarr/event-stream/issues/116 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/bitpay/copay/issues/9346 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000851 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1000851 · Vendor Advisory
• https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/11/hacker-backdoors-widely-used-open-source-software-to-steal-bitcoin · Note
• https://blog.bitpay.com/npm-package-vulnerability-copay · Note