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CVE-2006-1198
Comvigo IM Lock 2006 uses a simple substitution cipher to encrypt a password stored in the msnvs\prc registry value, for which all users…
- 3.7LowCVSS base score
- 0.30%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 77% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Comvigo IM Lock 2006 uses a simple substitution cipher to encrypt a password stored in the msnvs\prc registry value, for which all users have Read permission, which allows local users to bypass the product's blocking functionality by decrypting the password.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.7 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 16988 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 19140 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060306 IM Lock 2006 - Insecure Registry Permission Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- imlock-password-weak-encryption(25219) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0866 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-1202 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-1198)Record last updated .