Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-48506 - Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) vulnerability in Dominionvoting Democracy Suite
Attack vector
PHYSICAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
LOW Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
A flawed pseudorandom number generator in Dominion Voting Systems ImageCast Precinct (ICP and ICP2) and ImageCast Evolution (ICE) scanners allows anyone to determine the order in which ballots were cast from public ballot-level data, allowing deanonymization of voted ballots, in several types of scenarios. This issue was observed for use of the following versions of Democracy Suite: 5.2, 5.4-NM, 5.5, 5.5-A, 5.5-B, 5.5-C, 5.5-D, 5.7-A, 5.10, 5.10A, 5.15. NOTE: the Democracy Suite 5.17 EAC Certificate of Conformance mentions "Improved pseudo random number algorithm," which may be relevant.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://dvsorder.org
- https://dvsorder.org
- https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2023/06/14/security-analysis-of-the-dominion-imagecast-x/
- https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2023/06/14/security-analysis-of-the-dominion-imagecast-x/
- https://www.eac.gov/sites/default/files/voting_system/files/D-Suite%205.17%20Certificate%20and%20Scope%20SIGNED.pdf
- https://www.eac.gov/sites/default/files/voting_system/files/D-Suite%205.17%20Certificate%20and%20Scope%20SIGNED.pdf
- https://www.eac.gov/voting-equipment/democracy-suite-517
- https://www.eac.gov/voting-equipment/democracy-suite-517