CVE-2019-12813

MEDIUM

Crossmatch Digital Persona U.are.u 45... - Cleartext Transmission

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
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