# CVE-2024-0454: Security Vulnerability on Match-on-Chip FPR Architecture

> Attackers can bypass Windows Hello authentication by spoofing the fingerprint sensor to leak and clone valid Secure IDs, leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 6 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w3jx-33qh-77f8

## What is CVE-2024-0454?

CVE-2024-0454 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in ELAN DELL Inspiron, published on 12 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

ELAN Match-on-Chip FPR solution has design fault about potential risk of valid SID leakage and enumeration with spoof sensor.
This fault leads to that Windows Hello recognition would be bypass with cloning SID to cause broken account identity.
Version which is lower than 3.0.12011.08009(Legacy)/3.3.12011.08103(ESS) would suffer this risk on DELL Inspiron platform.

Weakness: CWE-290 (Authentication Bypass by Spoofing)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0454?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Emc Elan Match-on-Chip Fpr Solution Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0454?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0454 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0454 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0454 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0454 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0454 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in ELAN DELL Inspiron, published on 12 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0454 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ELAN DELL Inspiron. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0454/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0454/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0454
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0454
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0454

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0454/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.