CVE-2021-1638
What it is
Microsoft is aware of the "Impersonation in the Passkey Entry Protocol" vulnerability. For more information regarding the vulnerability, please see this statement from the Bluetooth SIG. To address the vulnerability, Microsoft has released a software update that will fail attempts to pair if the remote device exchanges a public key with the same X coordinate as the locally exchanged public key
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering.
- Exploit odds
- 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.7 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Microsoft Windows 10 20h2
- Microsoft Windows 10 1803
- Microsoft Windows 10 1809
- Microsoft Windows 10 1909
- Microsoft Windows 10 2004
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016 20h2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016 1909
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016 2004
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.7
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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