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CVE-2006-1117

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1117 describes a vulnerability in nCipher firmware versions prior to V10, affecting various nCipher products including nShield, nForce, and netHSM. This flaw stems from the inclusion of testing-only options in production firmware, potentially allowing remote attackers to extract information about encryption keys. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network attack vector with high attack complexity and a partial impact on confidentiality, but no impact on integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ncipher:dse200_document_sealing_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ncipher:ncore:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ncipher:nforce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ncipher:securedb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ncipher:time_source_master_clock:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0093 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/19137
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25063
ncipher.com / resources/97/sa14_presence_of_flaws_in_firmware_security
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/427151/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17012
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0862