CVE-2009-0655 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Lenovo Veriface III allows physically proximate attackers to login to a Windows account by presenting a "plain image" of the authorized user.

Published: 2009-02-20

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:veriface:iii:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-0658	Lenovo Veriface III allows physically proximate attackers to login to a Windows account by presenting a "plain image" of the authorized user.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0007.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://security.bkis.vn/?p=292
http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-dc-09/bh-dc-09-archives.html#Nguyen
http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-dc-09/Nguyen/BlackHat-DC-09-Nguyen-Face-not-your-password.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498997
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32700
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48961

History

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Subscriptions

Lenovo Veriface

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-02-20T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:40:05.245Z

Reserved: 2009-02-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0655

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-02-20T19:30:00.327

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-0655

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-287

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