Vulnerabilities in IoT Devices, Backends, Applications, and Components

Rauli Kaksonen, Kimmo Halunen, Juha Röning

2023

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the ecosystem of networked devices encountered in both work and home. IoT security is a great concern and vulnerabilities are reported daily. IoT is mixed into other digital infrastructure both in terms of sharing the same networks and using the same software components. In this paper, we analyze Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) entries, including known exploited vulnerabilities, to describe the vulnerabilities in the IoT context. The results indicate that 88% of reported vulnerabilities are relevant to IoT systems. Half of the vulnerabilities are in the backend or frontend systems while 10-20% concern the IoT devices. HTTP servers are the vulnerability hotspots wherever they are located. Software components are used in all IoT subsystems and tracking and updating them is essential for system security. The results can be used to understand where and what kind of vulnerabilities are in IoT systems.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kaksonen R., Halunen K. and Röning J. (2023). Vulnerabilities in IoT Devices, Backends, Applications, and Components. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP, ISBN 978-989-758-624-8, pages 659-668. DOI: 10.5220/0011784400003405

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icissp23,
author={Rauli Kaksonen and Kimmo Halunen and Juha Röning},
title={Vulnerabilities in IoT Devices, Backends, Applications, and Components},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,},
year={2023},
pages={659-668},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011784400003405},
isbn={978-989-758-624-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,
TI - Vulnerabilities in IoT Devices, Backends, Applications, and Components
SN - 978-989-758-624-8
AU - Kaksonen R.
AU - Halunen K.
AU - Röning J.
PY - 2023
SP - 659
EP - 668
DO - 10.5220/0011784400003405