CVE-2020-16630
MEDIUMTI 15.4-stack - Incorrect Authorization via LTK Property Caching
Title source: llmDescription
TI’s BLE stack caches and reuses the LTK’s property for a bonded mobile. A LTK can be an unauthenticated-and-no-MITM-protection key created by Just Works or an authenticated-and-MITM-protection key created by Passkey Entry, Numeric Comparison or OOB. Assume that a victim mobile uses secure pairing to pair with a victim BLE device based on TI chips and generate an authenticated-and-MITM-protection LTK. If a fake mobile with the victim mobile’s MAC address uses Just Works and pairs with the victim device, the generated LTK still has the property of authenticated-and-MITM-protection. Therefore, the fake mobile can access attributes with the authenticated read/write permission.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://software-dl.ti.com/simplelink/esd/simplelink_cc13x2_26x2_sdk/3.20.00.68/exports/changelog.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.usenix.org/system/files/sec20-zhang-yue.pdf
Scores
CVSS v3
6.8
EPSS
0.0067
EPSS Percentile
47.1%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-863
Status
published
Products (7)
ti/15.4-stack
ti/ble5-stack
ti/dynamic_multi-protocal_manager
ti/easylink
ti/openthread
ti/real-time_operating_system
ti/z-stack
Published
Sep 20, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026