K-Cup

Do you use Keurig 2.0 or know anyone who does?

Keurig 2.0

Keurig 2.0

Then you might interested in knowing that the Keurig 2.0 Coffee Maker contains a vulnerability in which the authenticity of coffee pods (commonly known as K-Cups) uses weak verification methods and which could be subject to a spoofing attack through re-use of a previously verified K-Cup.

K-Cup

K-Cup

The complete hack is demonstrated at a video below:

The complete details of the vulnerability can be found at caffeinesecurity

This information is for educational purposes only. Please do not use it for any illegal purposes.

Make sure you patch your system to fix the kernel-mode driver vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow remote code execution in the following Windows Operating systems

 

  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 8.1

 

You will find more details about the vulnerability and its fix here at Microsoft.com