By Ionut Arghire on May 18, 2021
Following an eight-month audit of the code in the latest infotainment system in Mercedes-Benz cars, security researchers with Tencent Security Keen Lab identified five vulnerabilities, four of which could be exploited for remote code execution.
The vulnerabilities were found in the Mercedes-Benz User Experience (MBUX), the infotainment system initially introduced on A-class vehicles in 2018, but has since been adopted on the car maker’s entire vehicle line-up.
The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2021-23906, CVE-2021-23907, CVE-2021-23908, CVE-2021-23909, and CVE-2021-23910, provides hackers with remote control of some of the car’s functions, but not with access to physical features, such as steering or braking systems.