CVE-2006-7142

The centralized management feature for Utimaco Safeguard stores hard-coded cryptographic keys in...

7.8 High

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.32%Down 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Record: CVE-2006-7142
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 4.1 MediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-798
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2006-7142
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2006-7124 No score

Record: EUVD-2006-7124
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-73fw-3gw7-gp67 7.8

The centralized management feature for Utimaco Safeguard stores hard-coded cryptographic keys in...

Record: GHSA-73fw-3gw7-gp67
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-798
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

utimaco safeguard

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2006-7142 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Utimaco Safeguard, published March 7, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 25th percentile. No source names a fixed version.