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GHSA-6GJM-VRF7-XG3W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:09 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:09

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Amazon Echo Dot devices through 2021-07-02 sometimes allow attackers, who have physical access to a device after a factory reset, to obtain sensitive information via a series of complex hardware and software attacks. NOTE: reportedly, there were vendor marketing statements about safely removing personal content via a factory reset. Also, the vendor has reportedly indicated that they are working on mitigations.

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CVE-2021-37436 (GCVE-0-2021-37436)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-24 22:46 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:16

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

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mitre

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	https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/passwords…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3448300.3467820	x_refsource_MISC
	https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27943730	x_refsource_MISC
	https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-privacy/is-it-po…	x_refsource_MISC

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GHSA-6GJM-VRF7-XG3W

CVE-2021-37436 (GCVE-0-2021-37436)

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