CVE intelligence

CVE-2006-5201

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Oct 10, 2006Sources checked Nov 9, 2026

4.0MEDIUMCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2006-5201 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 4.0. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Microsoft Security Response Center guidance

Vendor revision: Nov 10, 2026

CBL-Mariner Releases

Vendor-listed releases

3.73-1

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS3.5%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2006-5201?

Multiple packages on Sun Solaris, including (1) NSS; (2) Java JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 8 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.x up to 1.4.2_12, and SDK and JRE 1.3.x up to 1.3.1_19; (3) JSSE 1.0.3_03 and earlier; (4) IPSec/IKE; (5) Secure Global Desktop; and (6) StarOffice, when using an RSA key with exponent 3, removes PKCS-1 padding before generating a hash, which allows remote attackers to forge a PKCS #1 v1.5 signature that is signed by that RSA key and prevents these products from correctly verifying X.509 and other certificates that use PKCS #1.

Source: NVD