CVE-2019-12813
MEDIUMCrossmatch Digital Persona U.are.u 45... - Cleartext Transmission
Title source: ruleDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/sungjungk/fp-scanner-hacking
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEXJDyEOatM
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grirez2xeas
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0018
EPSS Percentile
38.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-319
Status
published
Products (1)
crossmatch/digital_persona_u.are.u_4500_firmware
24
Published
Jun 13, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026