Account impersonation via brute-forced activation codes
Published Nov 12, 2024 · Updated Sep 11, 2025
Insufficient entropy in BlackBerry SecuSUITE 5.0.420 and earlier allows remote attackers to enroll a device under a victim's identity. The SCA Server accepts brute-forced activation codes from repeated unauthenticated enrollment attempts because the codes occupy too small a random value space. Successful attacks associate an attacker-controlled device with the victim's account and telephone number; no broader access is stated.
Summary
What happened
Insufficient entropy in BlackBerry SecuSUITE 5.0.420 and earlier allows remote attackers to enroll a device under a victim's identity. The SCA Server accepts brute-forced activation codes from repeated unauthenticated enrollment attempts because the codes occupy too small a random value space. Successful attacks associate an attacker-controlled device with the victim's account and telephone number; no broader access is stated.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-51720
- Published
- Nov 12, 2024
- Updated
- Sep 11, 2025
- Vendor
- BlackBerry
- Product
- BlackBerry SecuSUITE
- Classifications
- CWE-334, CWE-307, CAPEC-49, T1110
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.0.420
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