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CVE-2011-5117

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD

Sophos SafeGuard Enterprise Device Encryption 5.x through 5.50.8.13, Sophos SafeGuard Easy Device Encryption Client 5.50.x, and Sophos Disk Encryption 5.50.x have a delay before removal of (1) out-of-date credentials and (2) invalid credentials, which allows physically proximate attackers to defeat the full-disk encryption feature by leveraging knowledge of these credentials.

Key facts

CVSS score
6.9 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-362
EPSS score
0.3% (27th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2011-5017)
Published
August 24, 2012
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-5017 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • sophos / disk encryption
  • sophos / disk encryption
  • sophos / disk encryption
  • sophos / safeguard easy device encryption client
  • sophos / safeguard easy device encryption client
  • sophos / safeguard easy device encryption client
  • sophos / safeguard enterprise device encryption
  • sophos / safeguard enterprise device encryption
  • sophos / safeguard enterprise device encryption
  • sophos / safeguard enterprise device encryption
  • sophos / safeguard enterprise device encryption
  • sophos / safeguard enterprise device encryption
  • sophos / safeguard enterprise device encryption
  • sophos / safeguard enterprise device encryption
  • sophos / safeguard enterprise device encryption

References

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

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