Vulnerability in Utimaco Safeguard
CVE-2006-7142
The centralized management feature for Utimaco Safeguard stores hard-coded cryptographic keys in executable programs for encrypted configuration files, which allows attackers to recover the keys from the configuration files and decrypt the disk drive.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (21.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 21.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Utimaco Safeguard — versions 4.30
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448598/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
- www.utimaco.fi/servlets/ActionDispatcher (Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20529 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449120/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-7142?
- CVE-2006-7142 is a high-severity vulnerability in Utimaco Safeguard, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2007-03-07.
- How severe is CVE-2006-7142?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2006-7142 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.