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CVE-2011-5117


Sophos SafeGuard Enterprise Device Encryption 5.x through 5.50.8.13, Sophos SafeGuard Easy Device Encryption Client 5.50.x, and Sophos Disk Encryption 5.50.x have a delay before removal of (1) out-of-date credentials and (2) invalid credentials, which allows physically proximate attackers to defeat the full-disk encryption feature by leveraging knowledge of these credentials.


Security Impact Summary

CVE-2011-5117 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from sophos, from sophos, from sophos organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.


Published

2012-08-24T10:36:42.067

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-362

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application sophos safeguard_enterprise_device_encryption 5.6 Yes
Application sophos safeguard_enterprise_device_encryption 5.35.0 Yes
Application sophos safeguard_enterprise_device_encryption 5.35.1 Yes
Application sophos safeguard_enterprise_device_encryption 5.35.2 Yes
Application sophos safeguard_enterprise_device_encryption 5.35.3 Yes
Application sophos safeguard_enterprise_device_encryption 5.40.0 Yes
Application sophos safeguard_enterprise_device_encryption 5.50.0 Yes
Application sophos safeguard_enterprise_device_encryption 5.50.1 Yes
Application sophos safeguard_enterprise_device_encryption 5.50.8 Yes
Application sophos safeguard_easy_device_encryption_client 5.50.0 Yes
Application sophos safeguard_easy_device_encryption_client 5.50.1 Yes
Application sophos safeguard_easy_device_encryption_client 5.50.8 Yes
Application sophos disk_encryption 5.50.0 Yes
Application sophos disk_encryption 5.50.1 Yes
Application sophos disk_encryption 5.50.8 Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For sophos's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.