CVE-2010-0228

medium

Description

Verbatim Corporate Secure and Corporate Secure FIPS Edition USB flash drives use a fixed 256-bit key for obtaining access to the cleartext drive contents, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to read or modify data by determining and providing this key.

References

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

http://www.verbatim.com/security/security-update.cfm

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

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00081