CVE-2006-7140 describes a vulnerability in the libike library within Sun Solaris 9 and 10, where an RSA key with exponent 3 improperly removes PKCS-1 padding before hashing. This flaw allows remote attackers to forge PKCS #1 v1.5 signatures, leading to incorrect verification of X.509 and other certificates. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.8 (medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity to impact integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0:hw2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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