CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1038

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of sensitive data theft or modification by an individual with physical access to the hardware, potentially leading to system integrity compromise and information leakage.

Recommendation

It is recommended to implement protection mechanisms available in some Linux-based operating systems and restrict physical access to devices with FireWire/IEEE 1394 interfaces.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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