Incomplete Cleanup vulnerability in ECOS Secure Boot Stick (aka SBS) 5.6.5 allows an attacker to compromise authentication and encryption ke
Incomplete Cleanup vulnerability in ECOS Secure Boot Stick (aka SBS) 5.6.5 allows an attacker to compromise authentication and encryption keys via a compromised host PC after a reset.
- Published
- Jun 17, 2018
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 6th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-459
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Action score
16
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 16 / 40 · 4.2 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| ecos | secure boot stick firmware | cpe:2.3:o:ecos:secure_boot_stick_firmware |
| ecos | secure boot stick | cpe:2.3:h:ecos:secure_boot_stick |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- ecos secure boot stick firmware5.6.5
Same product
ecos: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2018-12336Undocumented Factory Backdoor in ECOS Secure Boot Stick (aka SBS) 5.6.5 allows the vendor to extract confidential information via remote roo39Monitor
- CVE-2018-12333Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in ECOS Secure Boot Stick (aka SBS) 5.6.5 allows an attacker to manipulate secu32Monitor
- CVE-2018-12330Protection Mechanism Failure in ECOS Secure Boot Stick (aka SBS) 5.6.5 allows an attacker to compromise authentication and encryption keys v32Monitor
- CVE-2018-12334Protection Mechanism Failure in ECOS Secure Boot Stick (aka SBS) 5.6.5 allows an attacker to compromise authentication and encryption keys v30Monitor
- CVE-2018-12329Protection Mechanism Failure in ECOS Secure Boot Stick (aka SBS) 5.6.5 allows a local attacker to duplicate an authentication factor via clo23Monitor
- CVE-2018-12337Reliance on Security Through Obscurity vulnerability in ECOS Secure Boot Stick (aka SBS) 5.6.5 allows an attacker to partially extract confi18Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Physical access to the device is required.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-459 · Incomplete CleanupCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.