{"id":55168,"date":"2025-06-26T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-02T23:37:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T05:37:28","slug":"cve-2025-32880-unencrypted-firmware-file-download-in-coros-pace-3-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32880-unencrypted-firmware-file-download-in-coros-pace-3-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-32880: Unencrypted Firmware File Download in COROS PACE 3 Devices<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has recently identified an alarming vulnerability, CVE-2025-32880, affecting COROS PACE 3 devices. This vulnerability exposes the devices to potential system compromise and data leakage due to the use of unencrypted communication during the firmware file download process. As a result, cyber threats such as sniffing and machine-in-the-middle attacks become a real and present danger for users of these devices. Given the increasing reliance on smart devices in our day-to-day lives, such vulnerabilities can have far-reaching consequences, impacting user privacy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2021-26383-critical-vulnerability-in-amd-tee-puts-system-integrity-and-data-availability-in-jeopardy\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88087\">data integrity<\/a>, and overall system security.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-32880<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49415-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-fw-gallery-with-potential-for-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63055\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3815527403\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48706-out-of-bounds-read-vulnerability-in-coros-pace-3\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63054\">COROS PACE<\/a> 3 | Up to 3.0808.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5484-widespread-vulnerability-in-sinotrack-device-management-interface\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62095\">vulnerability arises from the COROS PACE 3 device&#8217;s<\/a> implementation of a function to connect to a WLAN. When the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48000-critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-windows-connected-devices-platform-service\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80277\">device is connected<\/a> to a WLAN, it initiates the download of firmware files via HTTP. However, this communication is not encrypted, leaving it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52488-dnn-platform-vulnerability-exposing-ntlm-hashes-to-third-party-smb-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64361\">exposed to malicious third-party<\/a> actors. These threat actors can exploit the lack of encryption to launch sniffing or machine-in-the-middle attacks, potentially intercepting, modifying, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49759-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-sql-server-potentially-enabling-privilege-escalation-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79209\">injecting malicious payloads into the data<\/a> being transmitted. This could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49181-unauthorized-api-endpoint-access-leading-to-denial-of-service-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61711\">lead to a system compromise or data<\/a> leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3964453000\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Given the nature of the vulnerability, an attacker could potentially exploit it by sniffing the network traffic between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32878-critical-vulnerability-in-coros-pace-3-devices-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63186\">COROS PACE<\/a> 3 device and the server. Here is a conceptual example of how this might occur using a simple packet capture tool:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">tcpdump -i eth0 &#039;port http&#039; -v<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker uses tcpdump to monitor all HTTP traffic on the network interface &#8216;eth0&#8217;. This allows them to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48905-wasm-exception-capture-vulnerability-in-arkweb-v8-module\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61536\">capture and analyze unencrypted firmware file downloads from the vulnerable<\/a> device.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has recently identified an alarming vulnerability, CVE-2025-32880, affecting COROS PACE 3 devices. This vulnerability exposes the devices to potential system compromise and data leakage due to the use of unencrypted communication during the firmware file download process. As a result, cyber threats such as sniffing and machine-in-the-middle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-55168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55168"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80899,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55168\/revisions\/80899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55168"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=55168"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=55168"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=55168"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=55168"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=55168"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=55168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}