tid-111
Vulnerability from emb3d
Type
hardware
Link
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Description

An untrusted storage peripheral (e.g., USB) could be connected to the device. If malicious code is executed from the untrusted storage, or transferred to the device, it could provide a way for a threat actor to get unauthorized code to execute on the device. Further, any files transferred from the untrusted storage could potentially be used to modify critical device configurations or settings files.

CWE
  • CWE-1299: Missing Protection Mechanism for Alternate Hardware Interface (Base)


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