RSA response to Fox-IT report and Best Practices for RSA SecurID

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Article Number

000038340

CVE ID

N/A

Applies To

RSA SecurID Software Token

Article Summary

On December 17, 2019, Fox-IT published a report titled “Operation Wocao: Shining a light on one of China’s hidden hacking groups”, which identified risks associated with improper provisioning of the RSA SecurID software token.

Resolution

RSA considers the scenario presented by the report to be against recommended deployment practices rather than a security vulnerability within the product. From the scenario in the report, RSA believes the software token compromise described has two key requirements:

• The adversary must have access to a software token XML file.
• The file must have been created without a password.

The distribution of unprotected software token XML files (i.e. files created without a password) is the root-cause of the issue reported by Fox-IT.  RSA recommends that customers follow RSA SecurID® Software Token Security Best Practices to minimize risks during token provisioning.  For more details, refer to the following advisory:

Important Statement from RSA Regarding RSA SecurID Software Token Provisioning Best Practices

Disclaimer

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