First Flight #17: Dussehra

Summary

The random value used during ChoosingRam::increaseValuesOfParticipants can be influenced by a malicious validator, which can be abused to guarantee a specific NFT is upgraded.

Vulnerability Details

ChoosingRam::increaseValuesOfParticipants determines the random value by hashing block attributes (block.timestamp and block.prevrandao) and the msg.sender. Of these values, two are known beforehand (block.prevrandao and msg.sender) and the final value block.timestamp can be influenced by validators.

Impact

A block's block.timestamp can be influenced by a malicious validator, resulting in a random value that is not truly random. This can be abused to guarantee a specific NFT is chosen to have its attributes upgraded.

Tools Used

Manual Review

Recommendations

Use a better source of randomness, such as Chainlink VRF.