CVE-2018-12037 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2018-12037

An issue was discovered on Samsung 840 EVO and 850...

Vulnerability Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung 840 EVO and 850 EVO devices (only in "ATA high" mode, not vulnerable in "TCG" or "ATA max" mode), Samsung T3 and T5 portable drives, and Crucial MX100, MX200 and MX300 devices. Absence of a cryptographic link between the password and the Disk Encryption Key allows attackers with privileged access to SSD firmware full access to encrypted data.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

840 evo firmware, 850 evo firmware, t3 firmware, t5 firmware, crucial mx100 firmware, crucial mx200 firmware, crucial mx300 firmware
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: November 20th, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.