Close to a year ago, I stumbled upon the Kekz Headphones, which seemed like an interesting approach on the whole digital audio device space. They claimed to work without any internet connection and all of the content already on the headphones itself. They are On-Ear Headphones, which work by placing a small chip (I call them “Kekz” or “Cookie”) into a little nook on the side and it plays an audio story. I was intrigued, because there were some speculations going around, how they operate with those “Kekz”-Chips.

I invite you to join me on a journey into the inner workings of those headphones. We will talk about accessing the encrypted files on the device, breaking the crypto and discovering disclosure of data from customers.

I’ve identified a security concern within the self-hosted file sharing tool ProjectSend in the current version r1605. By exploiting a chain of vulnerabilities – including Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR), and weaknesses in its change password implementation – an authenticated attacker can force a logged-in user to unknowingly change their account password, by clicking a link.

But let me explain the attack in detail.

From time to time my girlfriend brings electronic children’s toys home which she found in give-away boxes. Most of the time these don’t work and i am intrigued in fixing them.

It was a beaten up “Vtech Pinguin Rasselspass”.