CVE-2010-0224

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-255

Description

SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise 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.

Affected products

SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise Usb: all versions

References

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=6655
http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/01/05/1734242/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023408
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/NIST-certified-USB-Flash-drives-with-hardware-encryption-cracked-895308.html
http://www.sandisk.com/business-solutions/enterprise/technical-support/security-bulletin-december-2009
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37677
http://www.syss.de/fileadmin/ressources/040_veroeffentlichungen/dokumente/SySS_knackt_SanDisk_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/2010/0078
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55475
https://www.ironkey.com/usb-flash-drive-flaw-exposed
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=6655

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