Vulnerability in Crossmatch Digital Persona U.are.u 4500
CVE-2019-12813
An issue was discovered in Digital Persona U.are.U 4500 Fingerprint Reader v24. The key and salt used for obfuscating the fingerprint image exhibit cleartext when the fingerprint scanner device transfers a fingerprint image to the driver. An attacker who sniffs an encrypted fingerprint image can easily decrypt that image using the key and salt.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (65.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/sungjungk/fp-scanner-hacking (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- www.youtube.com/watch (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- www.youtube.com/watch (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-12813?
- CVE-2019-12813 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Crossmatch Digital Persona U.are.u 4500, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2019-06-13.
- How severe is CVE-2019-12813?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-12813 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.