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CVE-2020-15912

Tesla Model 3 vehicles allow attackers to open a door by leveraging access to a legitimate key card, and then using NFC Relay. NOTE: the vendor has developed Pin2Drive to mitigate this issue

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5, indicating it requires adjacent network access with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts integrity (unauthorized modifications), for affected systems. Impacting 2 products from tesla, from tesla organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2020, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2020-07-23T15:15:12.040

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:06:26.230

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

6.5

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	tesla	model_3_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	tesla	model_3	-	No

References

https://cansecwest.com/post/2020-03-09-22:00:00_2020_Speakers Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://twitter.com/Kevin2600/status/1218892338182836224 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.carhackingvillage.com/speaker-bios#htm3nrr Broken Link ([email protected])
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYKsfgox-bs Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQWg-Ywv3S4 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn-_3AbtEkI Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://cansecwest.com/post/2020-03-09-22:00:00_2020_Speakers Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://twitter.com/Kevin2600/status/1218892338182836224 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.carhackingvillage.com/speaker-bios#htm3nrr Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYKsfgox-bs Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQWg-Ywv3S4 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn-_3AbtEkI Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For tesla's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.