CVE-2004-1038
A design error in the IEEE1394 specification allows attackers with physical access to a device to read and write to sensitive memory using a modified FireWire/IEEE 1394 client, thus bypassing intended restrictions that would normally require greater…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A design error in the IEEE1394 specification allows attackers with physical access to a device to read and write to sensitive memory using a modified FireWire/IEEE 1394 client, thus bypassing intended restrictions that would normally require greater degrees of physical access to exploit. NOTE: this was reported in 2008 to affect Windows Vista, but some Linux-based operating systems have protection mechanisms against this attack.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ieee/firewire ieee
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/04/1258210
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109881362530790&w=2
- http://md.hudora.de/presentations/firewire/2005-firewire-cansecwest.pdf
- http://pacsec.jp/advisories.html
- http://storm.net.nz/projects/16
- http://storm.net.nz/static/files/ab_firewire_rux2k6-final.pdf
- http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Whitepapers/Vista_Physical_Attacks.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489163/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489175/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489189/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489212/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489257/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489269/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489295/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489296/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489322/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489330/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489335/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489342/100/0/threaded
- http://www.theage.com.au/news/security/hack-into-a-windows-pc-no-password-needed/2008/03/04/1204402423638.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18041
- http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/04/1258210
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109881362530790&w=2
- http://md.hudora.de/presentations/firewire/2005-firewire-cansecwest.pdf
- http://pacsec.jp/advisories.html
- http://storm.net.nz/projects/16
- http://storm.net.nz/static/files/ab_firewire_rux2k6-final.pdf
- http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Whitepapers/Vista_Physical_Attacks.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489163/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489175/100/0/threaded
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.