CVE-2004-1038

Summary

CVECVE-2004-1038
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-03-01 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-19 15:30:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ieee Firewire Ieee 1394 All All All
Application Ieee Firewire Ieee 1394 All All All

References

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PacSec.JP/core04 MISC pacsec.jp
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Hack into a Windows PC - no password needed - Security - Technology MISC www.theage.com.au
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www.storm.net.nz Projects MISC storm.net.nz
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storm.net.nz/static/files/ab_firewire_rux2k6-final.pdf MISC storm.net.nz
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