# CVE-2010-0227: Verbatim Corporate Secure and Corporate Secure FIPS Edition USB flash drives validate passwords with a program running on the host computer

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-01-07 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Verbatim Corporate Secure and Corporate Secure FIPS Edition USB flash drives validate passwords with a program running on the host computer rather than the device hardware, which allows physically proximate attackers to access the cleartext drive contents via a modified program.

## What to do

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## References

- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023409
- http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/01/05/1734242/
- http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/NIST-certified-USB-Flash-drives-with-hardware-encryption-cracked-895308.html
- http://www.verbatim.com/security/security-update.cfm
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=6655
- https://www.ironkey.com/usb-flash-drive-flaw-exposed

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