Description
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.
References
- http://www.kingston.com/driveupdate/
- http://www.syss.de/index.php?id=108&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=528&cHash=8d16fa63d9
- 1023410 vdb-entry
- http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/01/05/1734242/
- http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0%2C1000000189%2C39963327%2C00.htm
- http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/NIST-certified-USB-Flash-drives-with-hardware-encryption-cracked-895308.html
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=6655
- kingston-access-control-sec-bypass(55477) vdb-entry
- http://www.syss.de/fileadmin/ressources/040_veroeffentlichungen/dokumente/SySS_knackt_Kingston_USB-Stick.pdf
- ADV-2010-0080 vdb-entry
- https://www.ironkey.com/usb-flash-drive-flaw-exposed