Jan 2021: Windows Bluetooth Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
CVE-2021-1638 Published on January 12, 2021
Windows Bluetooth Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft is aware of the "Impersonation in the Passkey Entry Protocol" vulnerability. For more information regarding the vulnerability, please see thisstatementfrom the Bluetooth SIG.
To address the vulnerability, Microsoft has released a software update that will fail attempts to pair if the remote device exchanges a public key with the same X coordinate as the locally exchanged public key
Products Associated with CVE-2021-1638
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2:- Version 10.0.0 and below publication is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below publication is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below publication is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below publication is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below publication is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below publication is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below publication is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below publication is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below publication is affected.
- Version 10.0.0 and below publication is affected.
Exploit Probability
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