CVE-2019-12813 describes a vulnerability in the Digital Persona U.are.U 4500 Fingerprint Reader where the key and salt used for fingerprint image obfuscation are transmitted in cleartext. This allows an attacker sniffing network traffic to easily decrypt intercepted fingerprint images. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this network-based vulnerability has high confidentiality impact with high attack complexity, but no integrity or availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:crossmatch:digital_persona_u.are.u_4500_firmware:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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