Vulnerability in Assaabloy Hid Digitalpersona 4500

CVE-2019-13604

There is a short key vulnerability in HID Global DigitalPersona (formerly Crossmatch) U.are.U 4500 Fingerprint Reader v24. The key for obfuscating the fingerprint image is vulnerable to brute-force attacks. This allows an attacker to recover the key and decrypt that image using the key. Successful exploitation causes a sensitive biometric information leak.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-13604?
CVE-2019-13604 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Assaabloy Hid Digitalpersona 4500, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2019-07-15.
How severe is CVE-2019-13604?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-13604 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.