CVE-2010-0221
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
Kingston DataTraveler BlackBox (DTBB), DataTraveler Secure Privacy Edition (DTSP), and DataTraveler Elite Privacy Edition (DTEP) 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (42th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0252)
- Published
- January 7, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0252 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- kingston / datatraveler blackbox
- kingston / datatraveler elite
- kingston / datatraveler secure
References
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=6655
- http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/01/05/1734242/
- http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0%2C1000000189%2C39963327%2C00.htm
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023410
- http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/NIST-certified-USB-Flash-drives-with-hardware-encryption-cracked-895308.html
- http://www.kingston.com/driveupdate/(Exploit)
- http://www.syss.de/fileadmin/ressources/040_veroeffentlichungen/dokumente/SySS_knackt_Kingston_USB-Stick.pdf
- http://www.syss.de/index.php?id=108&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=528&cHash=8d16fa63d9
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0080(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55477
- https://www.ironkey.com/usb-flash-drive-flaw-exposed
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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