VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-33881

CVSS score4.2 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-06-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

On NXP MIFARE Ultralight and NTAG cards, an attacker can interrupt a write operation (aka conduct a "tear off" attack) over RFID to bypass a Monotonic Counter protection mechanism. The impact depends on how the anti tear-off feature is used in specific applications such as public transportation, physical access control, etc.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-863

Primary references