CVE-2010-3741

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-10-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

The offline backup mechanism in Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Desktop Software uses single-iteration PBKDF2, which makes it easier for local users to decrypt a .ipd file via a brute-force attack.

Affected products

Rim Blackberry Desktop Software: all versions

References

http://blog.crackpassword.com/2010/09/smartphone-forensics-cracking-blackberry-backup-passwords/
http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/10/01/166226/
http://twitter.com/elcomsoft/statuses/25954970586
http://www.infoworld.com/t/mobile-device-management/you-can-no-longer-rely-encryption-protect-blackberry-436
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7360
http://blog.crackpassword.com/2010/09/smartphone-forensics-cracking-blackberry-backup-passwords/
http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/10/01/166226/
http://twitter.com/elcomsoft/statuses/25954970586
http://www.infoworld.com/t/mobile-device-management/you-can-no-longer-rely-encryption-protect-blackberry-436
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7360

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