What is CVE-2007-6755?

CVE-2007-6755 is a vulnerability in Dell Bsafe Crypto-C-Micro-Edition, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. Published 2013-10-11.

Is CVE-2007-6755 known to be exploited?

12 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Dell Bsafe Crypto-C-Micro-Edition

CVE-2007-6755

The NIST SP 800-90A default statement of the Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generation (Dual_EC_DRBG) algorithm contains point Q constants with a possible relationship to certain "skeleton key" values, which might allow context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of those values. NOTE: this is a preliminary CVE for Dual_EC_DRBG; future research may provide additional details about point Q and associated attacks, and could potentially lead to a RECAST or REJECT of this CVE.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

Published 2013-10-11 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (76.2th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dell Bsafe Crypto-C-Micro-Edition
Dell Bsafe Crypto-J — versions 5.0, 5.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-327 — Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2013/09/rsa-warns-developers-against-its-own.h… (Third Party Advisory)
stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-332655/ (Not Applicable)
www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/11/the_strange_sto.html (Third Party Advisory)
blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2013/09/the-many-flaws-of-dualecdrbg.html (Third Party Advisory)
threatpost.com/in-wake-of-latest-crypto-revelations-everything-is-suspect (Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/63657 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
arstechnica.com/security/2013/09/stop-using-nsa-influence-code-in-our-product-r… (Third Party Advisory)
rump2007.cr.yp.to/15-shumow.pdf (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-6755?: CVE-2007-6755 is a vulnerability in Dell Bsafe Crypto-C-Micro-Edition, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. Published 2013-10-11.
Is CVE-2007-6755 known to be exploited?: 12 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.