CVE-2017-12695
An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in General Motors (GM) and Shanghai OnStar (SOS)...
An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in General Motors (GM) and Shanghai OnStar (SOS) SOS iOS Client 7.1. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to subvert security mechanisms and reset a user account password.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in General Motors (GM) and Shanghai OnStar (SOS) SOS iOS Client 7.1. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to subvert security mechanisms and reset a user account password.
- Record
CVE-2017-12695- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in General Motors (GM) and Shanghai OnStar (SOS) SOS iOS Client 7.1. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to subvert security mechanisms and reset a user account password.
- Record
CVE-2017-12695- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-4234 No score
An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in General Motors (GM) and Shanghai OnStar (SOS) SOS iOS Client 7.1. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to subvert security mechanisms and reset a user account password.
- Record
EUVD-2017-4234- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c8qr-wqjf-46xv
An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in General Motors (GM) and Shanghai OnStar (SOS)...
An Improper Authentication issue was discovered in General Motors (GM) and Shanghai OnStar (SOS) SOS iOS Client 7.1. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to subvert security mechanisms and reset a user account password.
- Record
GHSA-c8qr-wqjf-46xv- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-12695 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Gm Shanghai Onstar, published January 9, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.85%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.