CVE-2025-62648
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability in the Restaurant Brands International (RBI) assistant platform allows remote attackers to manipulate Drive Thru speaker audio volume without authentication. It affects RBI's restaurant management systems used by Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes locations. The flaw enables unauthorized control over customer-facing audio systems.
💻 Affected Systems
- Restaurant Brands International (RBI) assistant platform
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could blast loud noises through drive-thru speakers, potentially causing hearing damage, creating panic, disrupting operations, and damaging audio equipment.
Likely Case
Pranksters or activists could adjust volume to annoy customers and staff, create confusion, and disrupt normal business operations.
If Mitigated
With proper network segmentation and access controls, impact would be limited to minor audio adjustments without physical harm or major disruption.
🎯 Exploit Status
Vulnerability allows remote volume adjustment without authentication. No public exploit code available but trivial to exploit given proper access.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Versions after 2025-09-06
Vendor Advisory: Not provided in references
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Contact RBI for updated platform version. 2. Apply patch to all affected systems. 3. Verify volume control functions properly post-update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Network Segmentation
allIsolate RBI assistant platform from internet and restrict network access to authorized systems only.
Access Control Lists
allImplement strict firewall rules to only allow necessary traffic to the platform.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Segment network to isolate RBI systems from untrusted networks
- Implement strict firewall rules and monitor for unauthorized access attempts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check if RBI assistant platform version is 2025-09-06 or earlier. Test if volume can be adjusted via unauthorized network requests.Check Version:
Check platform admin interface or contact RBI support for version informationVerify Fix Applied:
Verify platform version is newer than 2025-09-06. Test that volume adjustment requires proper authentication.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unauthorized volume adjustment requests
- Unexpected network connections to audio control endpoints
- Failed authentication attempts to platform
Network Indicators:
- Unusual traffic to audio control ports
- Volume adjustment commands from unauthorized IPs
SIEM Query:
source_ip NOT IN (authorized_ips) AND destination_port IN (platform_ports) AND event_type='volume_adjustment'🔗 References
- https://archive.today/fMYQp
- https://bobdahacker.com/blog/rbi-hacked-drive-thrus/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250906134240/https:/bobdahacker.com/blog/rbi-hacked-drive-thrus
- https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/09/popeyes-tim-hortons-burger-king-platforms-have-catastrophic-vulnerabilities-say-hackers
- https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/burger-king-hacked-attackers-impressed-124154038.html
