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Comment by iracigt

Because it's not remote. This allows a computer with a Bluetooth adapter to debug and modify its own firmware. This is normal. The potential problem is the interface for this was not documented, and the commands are embedded in the HCI host-to-bluetooth-adapter protocol. Because it's undocumented, software developers on the host may not have considered this in their threat modeling. Firmware updates usually require kernel-level privileges, but HCI does not.
parent iracigt 1 year ago

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