Verbatim Corporate Secure and Corporate Secure FIPS Edition USB flash drives validate passwords with a program running on the host computer rather than the device hardware, which allows physically proximate attackers to access the cleartext drive contents via a modified program.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-0227 is rated Low Risk (34.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.12%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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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 | 2024-12-17 | 0.16% | 0.12% | -0.04% |
| 2 | 2024-09-17 | 0.07% | 0.16% | +0.09% |
| 3 | 2024-02-08 | — | 0.07% | — |
Full EPSS history (5 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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3.9 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| verbatim | corporate_secure | — | cpe:2.3:h:verbatim:corporate_secure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| verbatim | corporate_secure | — | cpe:2.3:h:verbatim:corporate_secure:*:*:*:*:fips:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=6655 | Not Applicable |
| http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/01/05/1734242/ | Third Party Advisory |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1023409 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/NIST-certified-USB-Flash-drives-with-hardware-encryption-cracked-895308.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.verbatim.com/security/security-update.cfm | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.ironkey.com/usb-flash-drive-flaw-exposed | Broken Link |