Vigil@nce - Sophos SafeGuard encryption: lack of encryption for removable media
March 2017 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can invite a victim to plug removable media containing
sensitive files into a "Surface Dock" to disable Sophos SafeGuard
encryption, in order to get these sensible files.
Impacted products: SafeGuard Encryption.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 31/01/2017.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can invite a victim to plug removable media containing
sensitive files into a "Surface Dock" to disable Sophos SafeGuard
encryption, in order to get these sensible files.
Technical details are unknown.
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