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CVE-2017-16242

An issue was discovered on MECO USB Memory Stick with Fingerprint MECOZiolsamDE601 devices. The...

6.8 Medium

CVE-2017-16242 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Meco Usb Memory Stick With Fingerprint Firwmare, published March 22, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

Severity
6.8 MediumCVSS 3.0, NVD
Exploit chance
0.50%EPSS, 43rd percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

An issue was discovered on MECO USB Memory Stick with Fingerprint MECOZiolsamDE601 devices. The fingerprint authentication requirement for data access can be bypassed. An attacker with physical access can send a static packet to a serial port exposed on the PCB to unlock the key and get access to the data without possessing the required fingerprint.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.50%Down 0.5 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used6.8

An issue was discovered on MECO USB Memory Stick with Fingerprint MECOZiolsamDE601 devices. The fingerprint authentication requirement for data access can be bypassed. An attacker with physical access can send a static packet to a serial port exposed on the PCB to unlock the key and get access to the data without possessing the required fingerprint.

Record
CVE-2017-16242
CVSS 3.0
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.2 HighAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-287
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

An issue was discovered on MECO USB Memory Stick with Fingerprint MECOZiolsamDE601 devices. The fingerprint authentication requirement for data access can be bypassed. An attacker with physical access can send a static packet to a serial port exposed on the PCB to unlock the key and get access to the data without possessing the required fingerprint.

Record
CVE-2017-16242
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-7438No score

An issue was discovered on MECO USB Memory Stick with Fingerprint MECOZiolsamDE601 devices. The fingerprint authentication requirement for data access can be bypassed. An attacker with physical access can send a static packet to a serial port exposed on the PCB to unlock the key and get access to the data without possessing the required fingerprint.

Record
EUVD-2017-7438
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vvm8-mj6g-pq9p6.8

An issue was discovered on MECO USB Memory Stick with Fingerprint MECOZiolsamDE601 devices. The...

An issue was discovered on MECO USB Memory Stick with Fingerprint MECOZiolsamDE601 devices. The fingerprint authentication requirement for data access can be bypassed. An attacker with physical access can send a static packet to a serial port exposed on the PCB to unlock the key and get access to the data without possessing the required fingerprint.

Record
GHSA-vvm8-mj6g-pq9p
CVSS 3.0
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-287
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
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aliasesEUVD
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