CVE-2010-0222

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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: 2010-01-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

Kingston DataTraveler BlackBox (DTBB), DataTraveler Secure Privacy Edition (DTSP), and DataTraveler Elite Privacy Edition (DTEP) USB flash drives use a fixed 256-bit key for obtaining access to the cleartext drive contents, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to read or modify data by determining and providing this key.

Affected products

Kingston Datatraveler Blackbox: all versions
Kingston Datatraveler Elite: all versions
Kingston Datatraveler Secure: all versions

References

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=6655
http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/01/05/1734242/
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0%2C1000000189%2C39963327%2C00.htm
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/NIST-certified-USB-Flash-drives-with-hardware-encryption-cracked-895308.html
http://www.kingston.com/driveupdate/
http://www.syss.de/fileadmin/ressources/040_veroeffentlichungen/dokumente/SySS_knackt_Kingston_USB-Stick.pdf
http://www.syss.de/index.php?id=108&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=528&cHash=8d16fa63d9
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0080
https://www.ironkey.com/usb-flash-drive-flaw-exposed
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=6655
http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/01/05/1734242/
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0%2C1000000189%2C39963327%2C00.htm

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