CVE-2019-13604

There is a short key vulnerability in HID Global DigitalPersona (formerly Crossmatch) U.are.U 4500 Fingerprint Reader v24. The key for obfuscating the fingerprint image is vulnerable to brute-force attacks. This allows an attacker to recover the key and decrypt that image using the key. Successful exploitation causes a sensitive biometric information leak.

CVSS v3.0

5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

1.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 64th percentile

Published

2019-07-15

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tKJQdKRm2k
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwYK_xZlKi4

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2019-13603
• CVE-2019-13605
• CVE-2019-13599
• CVE-2019-13607
• CVE-2019-13597
• CVE-2019-13608