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CVE-2009-0657

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-02-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-255

Description

Toshiba Face Recognition 2.0.2.32 allows physically proximate attackers to obtain notebook access by presenting a large number of images for which the viewpoint and lighting have been modified to match a stored image of the authorized notebook user.

Affected products

• Toshiba Face Recognition: 2.0.2.32

References

• http://security.bkis.vn/?p=292
• http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-dc-09/bh-dc-09-archives.html#Nguyen
• http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-dc-09/Nguyen/BlackHat-DC-09-Nguyen-Face-not-your-password.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498997
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32700
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48963
• http://security.bkis.vn/?p=292
• http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-dc-09/bh-dc-09-archives.html#Nguyen
• http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-dc-09/Nguyen/BlackHat-DC-09-Nguyen-Face-not-your-password.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498997
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32700
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48963

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