CVE-2010-1184

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Mar 29, 2010
Updated: Aug 7, 2024
Reserved: Mar 29, 2010

Description

The Microsoft wireless keyboard uses XOR encryption with a key derived from the MAC address, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain keystroke information and inject arbitrary commands via a nearby wireless device, as demonstrated by Keykeriki 2.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

ms-keyboard-xor-command-execution(57978)vdb-entry
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/26/open_source_wireless_sniffer/
http://www.remote-exploit.org/?p=437

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