Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-38394 - Missing Protection Against Hardware Reverse Engineering Using Integrated Circuit (IC) Imaging Techniques vulnerability in Bostonscientific Zoom Latitude Pogrammer/Recorder/Monitor 3120 Firmware

047910
CVSS 6.9 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE

Summary

An attacker with physical access to the device can extract the binary that checks for the hardware key and reverse engineer it, which could be used to create a physical duplicate of a valid hardware key. The hardware key allows access to special settings when inserted.