CVE-2020-27211
Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 Physical Side Channel Attack Vulnerability
Description
Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 devices through 2020-10-19 have improper protection against physical side channels. The flash read-out protection (APPROTECT) can be bypassed by injecting a fault during the boot phase.
INFO
Published Date :
May 21, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 3, 2022, 4:04 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.2
Exploitability Score :
0.5
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2020-27211.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/640 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/pdf/in_133_v1.0.pdf | Third Party Advisory |
| https://limitedresults.com/2020/06/nrf52-debug-resurrection-approtect-bypass/ | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.aisec.fraunhofer.de/de/das-institut/wissenschaftliche-exzellenz/security-and-trust-in-open-source-security-tokens.html | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.aisec.fraunhofer.de/en/FirmwareProtection.html | Third Party Advisory |
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CVE-2020-27211 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
May. 03, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-74 CWE-203 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 08, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Changed Reference Type https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/640 No Types Assigned https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/640 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/pdf/in_133_v1.0.pdf No Types Assigned https://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/pdf/in_133_v1.0.pdf Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://limitedresults.com/2020/06/nrf52-debug-resurrection-approtect-bypass/ No Types Assigned https://limitedresults.com/2020/06/nrf52-debug-resurrection-approtect-bypass/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.aisec.fraunhofer.de/de/das-institut/wissenschaftliche-exzellenz/security-and-trust-in-open-source-security-tokens.html No Types Assigned https://www.aisec.fraunhofer.de/de/das-institut/wissenschaftliche-exzellenz/security-and-trust-in-open-source-security-tokens.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.aisec.fraunhofer.de/en/FirmwareProtection.html No Types Assigned https://www.aisec.fraunhofer.de/en/FirmwareProtection.html Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-74 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:nordicsemi:nrf52840_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2020-10-19 OR cpe:2.3:h:nordicsemi:nrf52840:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 26, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.aisec.fraunhofer.de/de/das-institut/wissenschaftliche-exzellenz/security-and-trust-in-open-source-security-tokens.html [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-27211 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-27211
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.09 }} 0.01%
score
0.37178
percentile