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CVE-2021-28372 (GCVE-0-2021-28372)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-17 21:48 – Updated: 2024-08-03 21:40
VLAI
Summary
ThroughTek's Kalay Platform 2.0 network allows an attacker to impersonate an arbitrary ThroughTek (TUTK) device given a valid 20-byte uniquely assigned identifier (UID). This could result in an attacker hijacking a victim's connection and forcing them into supplying credentials needed to access the victim TUTK device.
Severity
8.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
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