CVE-2021-33881 (GCVE-0-2021-33881)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-06 15:33 – Updated: 2024-08-04 00:05
VLAI
Summary
On NXP MIFARE Ultralight and NTAG cards, an attacker can interrupt a write operation (aka conduct a "tear off" attack) over RFID to bypass a Monotonic Counter protection mechanism. The impact depends on how the anti tear-off feature is used in specific applications such as public transportation, physical access control, etc.
Severity
4.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
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Assigner
References
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