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.

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.

EPSS: 0.015 (71.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Pgp — versions 5.5.3i, 6.5.1i, 6.5.3i
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

hannob/pgpbugs

References

cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, 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.