PT-2021-22109

CVE-2021-38396

Published

2021-10-04

Updated

2022-10-27

Description by

CVSS 3.1

6.5

Medium

MetricsAV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Programmer installation utility (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue arises from the programmer installation utility's failure to perform cryptographic authenticity or integrity checks on the software stored on a flash drive. This weakness can be exploited by an attacker to install unauthorized software using a specially crafted USB drive.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

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Weakness enumeration

CWE-353: Missing Support for Integrity Check

CWE-345: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity