CVE-2006-1117

nCipher firmware before V10, as used by (1) nShield, (2) nForce, (3) netHSM, (4) payShield, (5) SecureDB, (6) DSE200 Document Sealing Engine, (7) Time Source Master Clock (TSMC), and possibly other products, contains certain options that were only intended for testing and not production, which might allow remote attackers to obtain information about encryption keys and crack those keys with less effort than brute force.

Published: 2006-03-09 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-1117 is rated Low Risk (30.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.93%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1117

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 0.41% 0.93% +0.52%
2 2025-04-02 0.34% 0.41% +0.08%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.34% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1117

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1117

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1117

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ncipher dse200_document_sealing_engine — cpe:2.3:a:ncipher:dse200_document_sealing_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher ncore — cpe:2.3:a:ncipher:ncore:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher nforce — cpe:2.3:a:ncipher:nforce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher securedb — cpe:2.3:a:ncipher:securedb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher time_source_master_clock — cpe:2.3:a:ncipher:time_source_master_clock:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher nethsm 2.0 cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nethsm:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher nethsm 2.1 cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nethsm:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher nethsm 2.1.12_cam5 cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nethsm:2.1.12_cam5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher nshield — cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:nshield:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ncipher payshield — cpe:2.3:h:ncipher:payshield:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1117

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