CVE-2010-3741

Impact

The offline backup mechanism in Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Desktop Software uses single-iteration PBKDF2, which makes it easier for local users to decrypt a .ipd file via a brute-force attack.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://blog.crackpassword.com/2010/09/smartphone-forensics-cracking-blackberry-backup-passwords/
• http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/10/01/166226/
• http://twitter.com/elcomsoft/statuses/25954970586
• http://www.infoworld.com/t/mobile-device-management/you-can-no-longer-rely-encryption-protect-blackberry-436
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7360
• http://blog.crackpassword.com/2010/09/smartphone-forensics-cracking-blackberry-backup-passwords/
• http://it.slashdot.org/story/10/10/01/166226/
• http://twitter.com/elcomsoft/statuses/25954970586
• http://www.infoworld.com/t/mobile-device-management/you-can-no-longer-rely-encryption-protect-blackberry-436
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7360