USB flash drive attacks
Description
It is possible to connect USB flash drives containing viruses to a corporate machine. This could allow an attacker to infect it with malicious software.
Impact
Infect machines with malware.
Recommendation
- Set physical access controls to avoid the connection of unauthorized peripheral devices.
- Install the proper security suite on the workstations that mitigates the risk of malicious code infection.
Threat
Unauthorized internal attacker.
Expected Remediation Time
⌚ 450 minutes.
Score
Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base
- Attack vector: P
- Attack complexity: L
- Privileges required: N
- User interaction: N
- Scope: U
- Confidentiality: L
- Integrity: L
- Availability: L
Temporal
- Exploit code maturity: X
- Remediation level: X
- Report confidence: X
Result
- Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
- Score:
- Base: 4.3
- Temporal: 4.3
- Severity:
- Base: Medium
- Temporal: Medium
Score 4.0
Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base 4.0
- Attack vector: P
- Attack complexity: L
- Attack Requirements: N
- Privileges required: N
- User interaction: N
- Confidentiality (VC): L
- Integrity (VI): L
- Availability (VA): L
- Confidentiality (SC): N
- Integrity (SI): N
- Availability (SA): N
Threat 4.0
- Exploit maturity: X
Result 4.0
- Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X
- Score:
- CVSS-BT: 2.4
- Severity:
- CVSS-BT: Low
Compliant code
Coding examples do not apply to physical vulnerabilities
Non compliant code
Coding examples do not apply to physical vulnerabilities
Requirements
Fixes
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