Unauthorized APE administration privileges can be achieved by reverse engineering one of the APE service tools. The service tool is discontinued with Bosch Access Professional Edition (APE) 3.8.

An unauthenticated attacker can achieve unauthorized access to sensitive data by exploiting Windows SMB protocol on a client installation. With Bosch Access Professional Edition (APE) 3.8, client installations need to be authorized by the APE administrator.

Communication to the AMC2 uses a state-of-the-art cryptographic algorithm for symmetric encryption called Blowfish. An attacker could retrieve the key from the firmware to decrypt network traffic between the AMC2 and the host system. Thus, an attacker can exploit this vulnerability to decrypt and modify network traffic, decrypt and further investigate the device\'s firmware file, and change the device configuration. The attacker needs to have access to the local network, typically even the same subnet.