CVE-2018-19830
The UBSexToken() function of a smart contract implementation for Business Alliance Financial Circle (BAFC), an tradable Ethereum ERC20 token, allows attackers to change the owner of the contract, because the function is public (by default) and does not…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The UBSexToken() function of a smart contract implementation for Business Alliance Financial Circle (BAFC), an tradable Ethereum ERC20 token, allows attackers to change the owner of the contract, because the function is public (by default) and does not check the caller's identity.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.93% probability · 59th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Affected
- business alliance financial circle project/business alliance financial circle
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/SmartContractResearcher/SmartContractSecurity/blob/master/New%20Vulnerabilities%20Allow%20Anyone%20to%20Own%20Certain%20ERC20-Based%20Smart%20Contracts%28CVE-2018-19830%2C%20CVE-2018-19831%2C%20CVE-2018-19832%2C%20CVE-2018-19833%2C%20CVE-2018-19834%29/README.md
- https://github.com/SmartContractResearcher/SmartContractSecurity/blob/master/New%20Vulnerabilities%20Allow%20Anyone%20to%20Own%20Certain%20ERC20-Based%20Smart%20Contracts%28CVE-2018-19830%2C%20CVE-2018-19831%2C%20CVE-2018-19832%2C%20CVE-2018-19833%2C%20CVE-2018-19834%29/README.md
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.