This report covers the research of the Mercedes-Benz Head Unit, which was made by Kaspersky team. Mercedes-Benz’s latest Head Unit (infotainment system) is called Mercedes-Benz User Experience (MBUX).
The researchers performed analysis of the first generation MBUX. MBUX was previously analysed by KeenLab. Their report is a good starting point for diving deep into the MBUX internals and understanding the architecture of the system. In our research we performed detailed analysis of the first generation MBUX subsystems, which are overlooked in the KeenLab research: diagnostics (CAN, UDS, etc.), connections via USB and custom IPC.
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Source: Kaspersky
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