FKIE_CVE-2020-6861

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-05-06 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:23
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
A flawed protocol design in the Ledger Monero app before 1.5.1 for Ledger Nano and Ledger S devices allows a local attacker to extract the master spending key by sending crafted messages to this app selected on a PIN-entered Ledger connected to a host PC.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://deadcode.me/blog/2020/04/25/Ledger-Monero-app-spend-key-extraction.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://donjon.ledger.com/lsb/008/Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://deadcode.me/blog/2020/04/25/Ledger-Monero-app-spend-key-extraction.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://donjon.ledger.com/lsb/008/Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ledger monero *
ledger nano_s -
ledger nano_x -
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