CVE-2020-12061

An issue was discovered in Nitrokey FIDO U2F firmware through 1.1. Communication between the microcontroller and the secure element transmits credentials in plain. This allows an adversary to eavesdrop the communication and derive the secrets stored in the microcontroller. As a result, the attacker is able to arbitrarily manipulate the firmware of the microcontroller.

CVSS v3.1

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

1.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 78th percentile

Published

2021-05-21

Updated

2024-08-04

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/640.pdf

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2020-1206
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