Overview:
On April 9, 2024, UPS Token suffered an attack due to a business logic issue, leading to an approximate loss of over 28K USD.
Smart Contract Hack Overview:
Decoding the Smart Contract Vulnerability:
- The UPS token has been exploited due to a flawed transfer implementation.
- When transferring tokens to a PancakeSwap pair, the transfer function burns tokens at the pair and calls the “sync” function.
- Exploiting this flaw, a hacker managed to reduce the UPS reserve in the PancakeSwap pair.
- The hacker repeatedly transferred tokens to the pair and called the “skim” function, resulting in a significant reduction of the UPS reserve.
- With the UPS reserve diminished, the hacker was able to drain BUSD from the pair using only a few UPS tokens.
Mitigation and Best Practices:
- Implement a modification to the transfer function of the UPS token contract to prevent token burns and sync function calls when transferring to PancakeSwap pairs.
- Always validate your code by writing comprehensive test cases that cover all the possible business logic.
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