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CVE-2020-12061

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

An issue was discovered in Nitrokey FIDO U2F firmware through 1.1. Communication between the microcontroller and the secure element transmits credentials in plain. This allows an adversary to eavesdrop the communication and derive the secrets stored in the microcontroller. As a result, the attacker is able to arbitrarily manipulate the firmware of the microcontroller.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published5/21/2021

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

nitrokey:fido_u2fnitrokey:fido_u2f_firmware

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-522

References

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/523.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/640.pdf(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/Nitrokey/nitrokey-fido-u2f-firmware/commits/master(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/Nitrokey/nitrokey-fido-u2f-firmware/releases(cve@mitre.org)

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/523.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/640.pdf(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/Nitrokey/nitrokey-fido-u2f-firmware/commits/master(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/Nitrokey/nitrokey-fido-u2f-firmware/releases(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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