01 Record
CVE-2019-18618
Incorrect access control in the firmware of Synaptics VFS75xx family fingerprint sensors that include external flash (all versions prior to 2019-11-15) allows a local administrator or physical
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Incorrect access control in the firmware of Synaptics VFS75xx family fingerprint sensors that include external flash (all versions prior to 2019-11-15) allows a local administrator or physical
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 47.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-07-22 13:21Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 01:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-10-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8e61b5208e21889f2abb1b22cf0c28d582be61b8163ba3f3e604f9a6b5c5d8d7
05 Affected products
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06 References
- www.synaptics.comhttps://www.synaptics.com/company/blog/
- support.lenovo.comhttps://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-31372
- www.synaptics.comhttps://www.synaptics.com/sites/default/files/fingerprint-sensor-VFS7500-security-brief-2020-07-14.pdf
- support.hp.comhttps://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06696474