Description

GeoVision GV-LPC2211 V1.13 exposes a network-accessible PTZ control service without authentication, allowing remote clients to retrieve PTZ information and issue PTZ or raw serial commands.

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{
  "score": "9.4",
  "pubDate": "2026-09-10T09:17:05.563Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-09-10T09:17:05.563Z",
  "executiveSummary": "The GeoVision GV-LPC2211 V1.13 contains a critical security vulnerability involving an exposed network-accessible PTZ (Pan-Tilt-Zoom) control service that lacks authentication mechanisms.\nThis vulnerability allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to query PTZ status information and execute arbitrary PTZ or raw serial commands directly on the target device.\nThe exposure of low-level control interfaces without verification protocols creates significant risk, as it allows unauthorized control over physical camera orientation and potential injection of serial-based commands.\nThe vulnerability is accessible over the network, requiring no prior user session or credentials to execute commands.\nThis facilitates unauthorized surveillance manipulation and potentially broader system compromise through command injection vectors.\nThe inherent lack of access control exposes the device to automated exploitation by threat actors scanning for insecure IoT interfaces, necessitating immediate network-level intervention.",
  "technicalDetails": "The root cause of the vulnerability lies in the implementation of the PTZ control service within GeoVision GV-LPC2211 V1.13, which fails to enforce session validation or authentication checks for incoming control requests.\nThe service acts as a transparent command processor that interprets specific network requests as actionable PTZ directives or raw serial data.\nThe attack flow begins with the attacker identifying the target network interface associated with the PTZ control service. By establishing a direct socket connection to the designated port, an attacker can transmit crafted packets without providing any form of identity verification.\nBecause the service processes these commands at a privilege level capable of direct hardware interaction, the attacker can issue raw serial commands, which may extend beyond standard PTZ functionality depending on the underlying firmware implementation.\nStep-by-step exploitation involves: 1) Network discovery to identify the open control port; 2) Crafting a payload formatted to comply with the device's internal PTZ command structure; 3) Injecting the payload via the unauthenticated socket; 4) The device parses the command and executes it on the hardware controller.\nThis lack of authentication provides attackers with full control over camera orientation, which can be leveraged to disable security monitoring or align cameras for malicious purposes.\nFurthermore, the ability to issue raw serial commands introduces the potential for secondary exploitation vectors, such as interacting with internal hardware buses or auxiliary components connected to the device's serial interface.\nThe system does not maintain an audit trail or enforce rate limiting, making it susceptible to automated reconnaissance and command-and-control (C2) scenarios where the camera is hijacked as a remote node.\nPost-exploitation impact includes the loss of integrity regarding visual monitoring, unauthorized access to internal system control loops, and the possibility of utilizing the device as a pivot point within the local network, given its persistent network connectivity and administrative interface exposure."
}