A flaw in Tesla’s system allows free access to paid functions
This page is translated from the original post "Une faille dans le système Tesla pour accéder aux fonctions payantes gratuitement " in French.
- 04/08/2023 15:30
A new security breach in Tesla’s system has been discovered. It allows free access to the company’s paid features.
It was already possible to access some hidden features; now it is possible to own paid options of a Tesla for free. To do this, three students from the Berlin University of Technology, along with an independent researcher, found a flaw in the system.
What does this vulnerability involve?
More specifically, it involves a “way to hack Tesla’s AMD-based infotainment system.” Through this hack, features that are usually paid will be free. A voltage fault injection was used to extract the specific RSA key of the vehicle. Full Self-Driving can then be used for free, as well as autonomous driving. In an interview with our colleagues at Techcrunch, Christian Werling, one of the three students, said, “We don’t want to pay that $300 for rear seat heating.”
Can this flaw be fixed with a software update from Tesla?
The researchers told the media that it was possible to extract personal data of vehicle occupants, such as contacts and recent appointments. However, the researchers reportedly stated that a simple software update would not suffice to fix the problem, as the root lies within Tesla’s electrical system.
The research will be presented next week at Black Hat, a cybersecurity conference taking place in Las Vegas.
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