Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in indutny elliptic

1) Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm

EUVDB-ID: #VU63701

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28498

CWE-ID: CWE-327 - Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to cryptographic issues in the secp256k1 implementation in elliptic/ec/key.js. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted public key point to the application and gain access to sensitive information.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

elliptic: 0.1.0 - 6.5.3

External links

http://github.com/christianlundkvist/blog/blob/master/2020_05_26_secp256k1_twist_attacks/secp256k1_twist_attacks.md
http://github.com/indutny/elliptic/commit/441b7428b0e8f6636c42118ad2aaa186d3c34c3f
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1069836
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ELLIPTIC-1064899

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.