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CVE-2001-0081
swinit in nCipher does not properly disable the Operator Card Set recovery feature even when explicitly disabled by the user, which could…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.4%
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- mitre
Description
swinit in nCipher does not properly disable the Operator Card Set recovery feature even when explicitly disabled by the user, which could allow attackers to gain access to application keys.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 20001212 nCipher Security Advisory: Operator Cards unexpectedly recoverable (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ncipher-recover-operator-cards(5999) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://active.ncipher.com/updates/advisory.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 4849 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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