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CVE DATABASE  /  CVE-2006-7142

CVE-2006-7142

CVSS 7.8 · HIGH

Summary

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.

CVSS 3.1 breakdown

Base score7.8 (HIGH)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vectorLOCAL
Attack complexityLOW
Privileges requiredLOW
User interactionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH

Weakness type (CWE)

Affected products

Utimaco safeguard
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References

Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-23. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

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