Is CVE-2006-7142 being actively exploited?

CVE-2006-7142 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-7142?

CVE-2006-7142 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2006-7142

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-798
EPSS score: 0.3% (25th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2006-7124)
Published: March 7, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-7124 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

utimaco / safeguard

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448598/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449120/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20529(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.utimaco.fi/servlets/ActionDispatcher?action:ws3_content_get_binary=true&scope=domain&domain_id=www.utimaco.fi&page_id=/templates/ajankohtaisteksti.jsp?ws3_page_id=tiedoteartikkeli_103&form_id=&component_id=linkin_dokumentti_104(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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