What is CVE-2022-28385?

CVE-2022-28385 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Verbatim Executive Fingerprint Secure Ssd, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2022-06-08.

How severe is CVE-2022-28385?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Verbatim Executive Fingerprint Secure Ssd

CVE-2022-28385

An issue was discovered in certain Verbatim drives through 2022-03-31. Due to missing integrity checks, an attacker can manipulate the content of the emulated CD-ROM drive (containing the Windows and macOS client software). The content of this emulated CD-ROM drive is stored as an ISO-9660 image in the hidden sectors of the USB drive, that can only be accessed using special IOCTL commands, or when installing the drive in an external disk enclosure. By manipulating this ISO-9660 image or replacing it with another one, an attacker is able to store malicious software on the emulated CD-ROM drive. This software may get executed by an unsuspecting victim when using the device. For example, an attacker with temporary physical access during the supply chain could program a modified ISO-9660 image on a device that always accepts an attacker-controlled password for unlocking the device. If the attacker later on gains access to the used USB drive, he can simply decrypt all contained user data. Storing arbitrary other malicious software is also possible. This affects Executive Fingerprint Secure SSD GDMSFE01-INI3637-C VER1.1 and Fingerprint Secure Portable Hard Drive Part Number #53650.

Published 2022-06-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-345 — Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

References

www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2022-013.txt (Exploit)
www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2022-017.txt (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/23 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/26 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/167546/Verbatim-Executive-Fingerprint-Secure-SSD-… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/167536/Verbatim-Fingerprint-Secure-Portable-Hard-… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28385?: CVE-2022-28385 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Verbatim Executive Fingerprint Secure Ssd, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2022-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2022-28385?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.