PT-2024-28800 · Homeserve · Homeserve Home Repair

Published 2024-11-08 · Updated 2024-11-13 · CVE-2024-40240

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions HomeServe Home Repair android app version 3.3.4

Description An issue with access control in the HomeServe Home Repair android app allows a physically proximate attacker to escalate privileges via the fingerprint authentication function. This enables the attacker to gain unauthorized access.

Recommendations For version 3.3.4, consider disabling the fingerprint authentication function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to sensitive features that rely on fingerprint authentication to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-40240

Affected Products

Homeserve Home Repair

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40240 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-40240 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1854980219045609525 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/10209 · Telegram Post
• https://apkpure.com/homeserve-home-repair/com.homeserveapp.homeserve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1854952294917586953 · Twitter Post
• https://zzzxiin.github.io/post/homeserve · Note
• http://homeserve.com · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/101587 · Telegram Post