Description
An issue was discovered on XIAOMI AI speaker MDZ-25-DT 1.34.36, and 1.40.14. Attackers can get root shell by accessing the UART interface and then they can read Wi-Fi SSID or password, read the dialogue text files between users and XIAOMI AI speaker, use Text-To-Speech tools pretend XIAOMI speakers' voice achieve social engineering attacks, eavesdrop on users and record what XIAOMI AI speaker hears, delete the entire XIAOMI AI speaker system, modify system files, stop voice assistant service, start the XIAOMI AI speaker’s SSH service as a backdoor
Exploits (1)
github
WRITEUP
10 stars
by Jian-Xian · poc
https://github.com/Jian-Xian/CVE-POC/tree/master/CVE-2020-8994.md
References (3)
Scores
CVSS v3
6.8
EPSS
0.0019
EPSS Percentile
40.4%
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (2)
mi/mdz-25-dt_firmware
1.34.36
mi/mdz-25-dt_firmware
1.40.14
Published
Mar 05, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026