Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-3741 - Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in RIM Blackberry Desktop Software
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
The offline backup mechanism in Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Desktop Software uses single-iteration PBKDF2, which makes it easier for local users to decrypt a .ipd file via a brute-force attack.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Signature Spoofing by Key Recreation An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by exploiting a cryptographic weakness in the signature algorithm or pseudorandom number generation and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.
Oval
accepted | 2015-08-24T04:00:07.064-04:00 | ||||||||
class | vulnerability | ||||||||
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description | The offline backup mechanism in Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Desktop Software uses single-iteration PBKDF2, which makes it easier for local users to decrypt a .ipd file via a brute-force attack. | ||||||||
family | windows | ||||||||
id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7360 | ||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||
submitted | 2010-10-26T10:43:26 | ||||||||
title | Vulnerability in offline backup mechanism in Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Desktop Software | ||||||||
version | 6 |
References
- http://blog.crackpassword.com/2010/09/smartphone-forensics-cracking-blackberry-backup-passwords/
- http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/10/01/166226/
- http://twitter.com/elcomsoft/statuses/25954970586
- http://www.infoworld.com/t/mobile-device-management/you-can-no-longer-rely-encryption-protect-blackberry-436
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7360