CVE-2010-0223

Kingston DataTraveler BlackBox (DTBB), DataTraveler Secure Privacy Edition (DTSP), and DataTraveler Elite Privacy Edition (DTEP) USB flash drives do not prevent password replay attacks, which allows physically proximate attackers to access the cleartext drive contents by providing a key that was captured in a USB data stream at an earlier time.

Published: 2010-01-07 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-0223 is rated Low Risk (15.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0223

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.06% -0.89%
2 2022-02-04 0.95%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-0223

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-0223

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-0223

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kingston datatraveler_blackbox cpe:2.3:h:kingston:datatraveler_blackbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kingston datatraveler_elite cpe:2.3:h:kingston:datatraveler_elite:*:*:privacy:*:*:*:*:*
kingston datatraveler_secure cpe:2.3:h:kingston:datatraveler_secure:*:*:privacy:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-0223

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