CVE-2010-0224

medium

Description

SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise USB flash drives validate passwords with a program running on the host computer rather than the device hardware, which allows physically proximate attackers to access the cleartext drive contents via a modified program.

References

https://www.ironkey.com/usb-flash-drive-flaw-exposed

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55475

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0078

http://www.syss.de/index.php?id=108&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=528&cHash=8d16fa63d9

http://www.syss.de/fileadmin/ressources/040_veroeffentlichungen/dokumente/SySS_knackt_SanDisk_USB-Stick.pdf

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37677

http://www.sandisk.com/business-solutions/enterprise/technical-support/security-bulletin-december-2009

http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/NIST-certified-USB-Flash-drives-with-hardware-encryption-cracked-895308.html

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023408

http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/01/05/1734242/

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=6655

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-01-07

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N