A vulnerability was found in Thales nShield Connect up to 11.71. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Signing Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability (Key). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Thales nShield Connect hardware models 500, 1500, 6000, 500+, 1500+, and 6000+ before 11.72 allows physically proximate attackers to sign arbitrary data with previously loaded signing keys, extract the device identification key [KNETI] and impersonate the nShield Connect device on a network, affect the integrity and confidentiality of newly created keys, and potentially cause other unspecified impacts using previously loaded keys by connecting to the USB port on the front panel.

The bug was discovered 04/17/2015. The weakness was shared 08/18/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-1878 since 02/18/2015. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 854 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 11.72 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Thales

Name

• nShield Connect

Version

• 11.0
• 11.1
• 11.2
• 11.3
• 11.4
• 11.5
• 11.6
• 11.7
• 11.8
• 11.9
• 11.10
• 11.11
• 11.12
• 11.13
• 11.14
• 11.15
• 11.16
• 11.17
• 11.18
• 11.19
• 11.20
• 11.21
• 11.22
• 11.23
• 11.24
• 11.25
• 11.26
• 11.27
• 11.28
• 11.29
• 11.30
• 11.31
• 11.32
• 11.33
• 11.34
• 11.35
• 11.36
• 11.37
• 11.38
• 11.39
• 11.40
• 11.41
• 11.42
• 11.43
• 11.44
• 11.45
• 11.46
• 11.47
• 11.48
• 11.49
• 11.50
• 11.51
• 11.52
• 11.53
• 11.54
• 11.55
• 11.56
• 11.57
• 11.58
• 11.59
• 11.60
• 11.61
• 11.62
• 11.63
• 11.64
• 11.65
• 11.66
• 11.67
• 11.68
• 11.69
• 11.70
• 11.71

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