{"id":"CVE-2013-6078","aliases":["EUVD-2013-5907","GHSA-whq3-8f4v-48fj"],"status":"published","title":"The default configuration of EMC RSA BSAFE Toolkits and RSA Data Protection Manager (DPM)...","description":"The default configuration of EMC RSA BSAFE Toolkits and RSA Data Protection Manager (DPM) 20130918 uses the Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generation (Dual_EC_DRBG) algorithm, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging unspecified \"security concerns,\" aka the ESA-2013-068 issue.  NOTE: this issue has been SPLIT from CVE-2007-6755 because the vendor announcement did not state a specific technical rationale for a change in the algorithm; thus, CVE cannot reach a conclusion that a CVE-2007-6755 concern was the reason, or one of the reasons, for this change.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":5.8,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.01011,"percentile":0.63379,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-310"],"published":"2014-06-17T15:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T23:59:58Z","products":[{"vendor":"emc","product":"rsa_bsafe_toolkits"},{"vendor":"emc","product":"rsa_data_protection_manager"}],"references":[{"url":"http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-332655/","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2013/09/rsa-warns-developers-against-its-own.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://threatpost.com/in-wake-of-latest-crypto-revelations-everything-is-suspect","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/09/stop-using-nsa-influence-code-in-our-product-rsa-tells-customers/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6078"},{"url":"http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/09/stop-using-nsa-influence-code-in-our-product-rsa-tells-customers"},{"url":"http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-332655"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-whq3-8f4v-48fj"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2013-6078","description":"The default configuration of EMC RSA BSAFE Toolkits and RSA Data Protection Manager (DPM) 20130918 uses the Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generation (Dual_EC_DRBG) algorithm, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging unspecified \"security concerns,\" aka the ESA-2013-068 issue.  NOTE: this issue has been SPLIT from CVE-2007-6755 because the vendor announcement did not state a specific technical rationale for a change in the algorithm; thus, CVE cannot reach a conclusion that a CVE-2007-6755 concern was the reason, or one of the reasons, for this change.","status":"published","published":"2014-06-17T15:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T17:29:42.965Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:57.195423Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2013-5907","description":"The default configuration of EMC RSA BSAFE Toolkits and RSA Data Protection Manager (DPM) 20130918 uses the Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generation (Dual_EC_DRBG) algorithm, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging unspecified \"security concerns,\" aka the ESA-2013-068 issue.  NOTE: this issue has been SPLIT from CVE-2007-6755 because the vendor announcement did not state a specific technical rationale for a change in the algorithm; thus, CVE cannot reach a conclusion that a CVE-2007-6755 concern was the reason, or one of the reasons, for this change.","status":"published","published":"2014-06-17T15:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T17:29:42Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:56:27.166265Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-whq3-8f4v-48fj","title":"The default configuration of EMC RSA BSAFE Toolkits and RSA Data Protection Manager (DPM)...","description":"The default configuration of EMC RSA BSAFE Toolkits and RSA Data Protection Manager (DPM) 20130918 uses the Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generation (Dual_EC_DRBG) algorithm, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging unspecified \"security concerns,\" aka the ESA-2013-068 issue.  NOTE: this issue has been SPLIT from CVE-2007-6755 because the vendor announcement did not state a specific technical rationale for a change in the algorithm; thus, CVE cannot reach a conclusion that a CVE-2007-6755 concern was the reason, or one of the reasons, for this change.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-17T04:41:49Z","modified":"2025-04-12T12:35:56Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:01:17.900782Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2013-6078","description":"The default configuration of EMC RSA BSAFE Toolkits and RSA Data Protection Manager (DPM) 20130918 uses the Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generation (Dual_EC_DRBG) algorithm, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging unspecified \"security concerns,\" aka the ESA-2013-068 issue.  NOTE: this issue has been SPLIT from CVE-2007-6755 because the vendor announcement did not state a specific technical rationale for a change in the algorithm; thus, CVE cannot reach a conclusion that a CVE-2007-6755 concern was the reason, or one of the reasons, for this change.","status":"published","published":"2014-06-17T15:55:05.55Z","modified":"2026-06-16T23:59:58.607Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":5.8,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-310"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:02:51.408338Z"}]}}