An issue was discovered in certain Verbatim drives through 2022-03-31. Due to an insecure design, they can be unlocked by an attacker who can then gain unauthorized access to the stored data. The attacker can simply use an undocumented IOCTL command that retrieves the correct password. This affects Executive Fingerprint Secure SSD GDMSFE01-INI3637-C VER1.1 and Fingerprint Secure Portable Hard Drive Part Number #53650.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-28387 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.13%). Core evidence: 6 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
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| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
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| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-02-16 | 0.19% | 0.13% | -0.06% |
| 2 | 2025-11-21 | 0.12% | 0.19% | +0.08% |
| 3 | 2025-11-18 | — | 0.12% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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0.9 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 2.1 | 2.0 | LOW |
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3.9 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| verbatim | executive_fingerprint_secure_ssd_firmware | <= 2022-03-31 | cpe:2.3:o:verbatim:executive_fingerprint_secure_ssd_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| verbatim | fingerprint_secure_portable_hard_drive_firmware | <= 2022-03-31 | cpe:2.3:o:verbatim:fingerprint_secure_portable_hard_drive_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167527/Verbatim-Executive-Fingerprint-Secure-SSD-GDMSFE01-INI3637-C-VER1.1-Risky-Crypto.html | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167531/Verbatim-Fingerprint-Secure-Portable-Hard-Drive-53650-Risky-Crypto.html | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/13 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/21 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2022-009.txt | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2022-014.txt | Exploit Third Party Advisory |