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CVE-2010-0221

Published: Jan 7, 2010

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Kingston DataTraveler BlackBox (DTBB), DataTraveler Secure Privacy Edition (DTSP), and DataTraveler Elite Privacy Edition (DTEP) 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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://www.kingston.com/driveupdate/

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

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vdb-entry

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

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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0%2C1000000189%2C39963327%2C00.htm

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

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

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kingston-access-control-sec-bypass(55477)

vdb-entry

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

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vdb-entry

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

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