CVE-2006-5600

high

Description

Axalto Protiva 1.1, possibly only non-commercial versions, stores passwords in plaintext in files with insecure permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by reading the passwords from (1) KeyTool\keytool.config or (2) webapps\protiva\WEB-INF\classes\authserver.config.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29839

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20755

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449891/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1793

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-10-28

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00053