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CVE-2019-12813
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2019-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-319
Description
An issue was discovered in Digital Persona U.are.U 4500 Fingerprint Reader v24. The key and salt used for obfuscating the fingerprint image exhibit cleartext when the fingerprint scanner device transfers a fingerprint image to the driver. An attacker who sniffs an encrypted fingerprint image can easily decrypt that image using the key and salt.
Affected products
References
- https://github.com/sungjungk/fp-scanner-hacking
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grirez2xeas
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEXJDyEOatM
- https://github.com/sungjungk/fp-scanner-hacking
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grirez2xeas
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEXJDyEOatM
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