When you work in Information Security, you can’t help but to test some payloads you use on a daily basis on other input fields you encounter. The Vulnerability in My Smart Television Set Then something else caught my attention I could actually give my TV set a name. I opened it and only saw some more version numbers. Within the settings, there was a category called “info”. I could only activate “Hotel Mode” and view the version number of the set. Almost all of the categories it showed weren’t accessible. After a quick Google search on my mobile phone I found out that this brand of televisions has a code that opens a hidden menu.Īfter opening the settings and typing in the code on my remote control, another menu popped up on the left side of the screen. But while setting the timer I wondered about other possible menu functions, and if there any hidden features that are only meant for the support team or the developers. Since I was very tired, I just wanted to set the sleep timer on the television and lie down. Finding a flaw in such a device is always quite fun because you often see things that aren’t meant to be seen by the users, except the developers and maybe the company’s tech support team. I was tired but kept on thinking about a vulnerability I found earlier on in a router someone gave me. It was one of those lazy evenings, just watching TV after a long day.
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