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CVE-2017-16242

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16242 describes a bypass vulnerability in MECO USB Memory Stick with Fingerprint MECOZiolsamDE601 devices. An attacker with physical access can circumvent the fingerprint authentication by sending a static packet to an exposed serial port on the PCB, thereby gaining unauthorized access to stored data. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a physical attack vector and low complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:meco:usb_memory_stick_with_fingerprint_firwmare:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0052 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 1,530 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

gist.github.com / audebert/ef6e206a27ededd1386cff48604e9335
Third Party Advisory
blackhat.com / docs/us-17/thursday/us-17-Picod-Attacking-Encrypted-USB-Keys-The-Hard%28ware%29-Way.pdf
blackhat.com / us-17/briefings/schedule/index.html
Third Party Advisory
elie.net / talk/attacking-encrypted-usb-keys-the-hardware-way
Third Party Advisory