CVE-2006-4991

What it is

RSA Keon Certificate Authority (KeonCA) Manager 6.5.1 and 6.6 allows privileged local users to hide malicious Certificate Authority (CA) activities by modifying CA auditor logs without detection by (1) modifying or deleting a <LOG BLOCK> and its signature from the XML log in a way that is not detected by the integrity check function that operates on the entire pool, or (2) modifying entries in the live log file, which is only signed during rotation.

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited locally on the machine without logging in. Limited direct impact.

Exploit odds

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

1. 2006-09-26 02:07 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2. 2026-06-16 22:30 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

• Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
• Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
• Severity: 3.6 LOW (CVSS).
• Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.

Details

Published

2006-09-26 02:07 UTC

Last modified

2026-06-16 22:30 UTC

Exploit probability

0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days

Record status

Modified

Affected

• Rsa Keon Certificate Authority Manager 6.5.1
• Rsa Keon Certificate Authority Manager 6.6

Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 3.6

Attack vector

Local

Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

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