Vulnerability in Pgp
CVE-2000-0678
PGP 5.5.x through 6.5.3 does not properly check if an Additional Decryption Key (ADK) is stored in the signed portion of a public certificate, which allows an attacker who can modify a victim's public certificate to decrypt any data that has been encrypted with the modified certificate.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (73.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Pgp — versions 5.5.3i, 6.5.1i, 6.5.3i
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-18.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/4354 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1606 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2000-0678?
- CVE-2000-0678 is a vulnerability in Pgp. Published 2000-10-20.
- Is CVE-2000-0678 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.