4.2
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-33881
NXP MIFARE Ultralight and NTAG RFID "Tear Off" Counter Bypass
Description

On NXP MIFARE Ultralight and NTAG cards, an attacker can interrupt a write operation (aka conduct a "tear off" attack) over RFID to bypass a Monotonic Counter protection mechanism. The impact depends on how the anti tear-off feature is used in specific applications such as public transportation, physical access control, etc.

INFO

Published Date :

June 6, 2021, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 17, 2021, 4:39 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

0.5
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-33881 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-33881 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Nxp mifare_ultralight_ev1_firmware
2 Nxp mifare_ultralight_c_firmware
3 Nxp mifare_ultralight_nano_firmware
4 Nxp ntag_210_firmware
5 Nxp ntag_212_firmware
6 Nxp ntag_213_firmware
7 Nxp ntag_215_firmware
8 Nxp ntag_216_firmware
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-2021-33881.

URL Resource
https://blog.quarkslab.com/rfid-monotonic-counter-anti-tearing-defeated.html Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/application-note/AN11340.pdf Vendor Advisory
https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/application-note/AN13089.pdf Vendor Advisory
https://www.sstic.org/2021/presentation/eeprom_it_will_all_end_in_tears/ Exploit Third Party Advisory

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Mix of talks, blogposts and papers

Updated: 12 hours, 31 minutes ago
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Born at : Dec. 22, 2021, 11:08 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-33881 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 17, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.quarkslab.com/rfid-monotonic-counter-anti-tearing-defeated.html No Types Assigned https://blog.quarkslab.com/rfid-monotonic-counter-anti-tearing-defeated.html Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/application-note/AN11340.pdf No Types Assigned https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/application-note/AN11340.pdf Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/application-note/AN13089.pdf No Types Assigned https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/application-note/AN13089.pdf Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.sstic.org/2021/presentation/eeprom_it_will_all_end_in_tears/ No Types Assigned https://www.sstic.org/2021/presentation/eeprom_it_will_all_end_in_tears/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-863
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:nxp:mifare_ultralight_ev1_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:nxp:mifare_ultralight_ev1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:nxp:mifare_ultralight_c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:nxp:mifare_ultralight_c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:nxp:mifare_ultralight_nano_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:nxp:mifare_ultralight_nano:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:nxp:ntag_210_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:nxp:ntag_210:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:nxp:ntag_212_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:nxp:ntag_212:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:nxp:ntag_213_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:nxp:ntag_213:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:nxp:ntag_215_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:nxp:ntag_215:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:nxp:ntag_216_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:nxp:ntag_216:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.12 }} 0.02%

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0.45412

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