Is CVE-2010-0227 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-0227 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-0227?

CVE-2010-0227 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.6 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-0227

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.6 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-255
EPSS score: 0.4% (34th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-0258)
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-2010-0258 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

verbatim / corporate secure
verbatim / corporate secure

References

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=6655(Not Applicable)
http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/01/05/1734242/(Third Party Advisory)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023409(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/NIST-certified-USB-Flash-drives-with-hardware-encryption-cracked-895308.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.verbatim.com/security/security-update.cfm(Vendor Advisory)
https://www.ironkey.com/usb-flash-drive-flaw-exposed(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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