CVE-2004-0320

Unknown vulnerability in nCipher Hardware Security Modules (HSM) 1.67.x through 1.99.x allows local users to access secrets stored in the module's run-time memory via certain sequences of commands.

Published: 2004-11-23 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0320 is rated Low Risk (17.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0320

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.07% 0.34% +0.27%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0320

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0320

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0320

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ncipher nshield 1.71.11 cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nshield:1.71.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher nshield 1.71.15 cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nshield:1.71.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher nshield 1.71.90 cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nshield:1.71.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher nshield 1.75.15 cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nshield:1.75.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher nshield 1.77.9 cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nshield:1.77.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher nshield 1.77.93 cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nshield:1.77.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher nshield 1.77.97 cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nshield:1.77.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher nshield 1.79.12 cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nshield:1.79.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher nshield 1.79.80 cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nshield:1.79.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher nshield 1.79.81 cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nshield:1.79.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher nshield 2.0 cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nshield:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher nshield 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nshield:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher nshield 2.12 cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nshield:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher nshield 2.12.2 cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nshield:2.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0320

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