CVE-2010-0221 describes a vulnerability in Kingston DataTraveler BlackBox, Secure Privacy Edition, and Elite Privacy Edition USB drives. These devices validate passwords via host-side software, not on-device hardware, allowing a physically proximate attacker to access cleartext drive contents by modifying the validation program. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating local access and low complexity are required for a partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:kingston:datatraveler_blackbox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:kingston:datatraveler_elite:*:*:privacy:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:kingston:datatraveler_secure:*:*:privacy:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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