Vulnerability in Hidglobal Digital Persona U.are.u 4500

CVE-2019-13603

An issue was discovered in the HID Global DigitalPersona (formerly Crossmatch) U.are.U 4500 Fingerprint Reader Windows Biometric Framework driver 5.0.0.5. It has a statically coded initialization vector to encrypt a user's fingerprint image, resulting in weak encryption of that. This, in combination with retrieving an encrypted fingerprint image and encryption key (through another vulnerability), allows an attacker to obtain a user's fingerprint image.

EPSS: 0.011 (61.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-13603?
CVE-2019-13603 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hidglobal Digital Persona U.are.u 4500, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2019-07-16.
How severe is CVE-2019-13603?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-13603 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.