Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook

CVE-2002-1696

Microsoft Outlook plug-in PGP version 7.0, 7.0.3, and 7.0.4 silently saves a decrypted copy of a message to hard disk when "Automatically decrypt/verify when opening messages" option is checked, "Always use Secure Viewer when decrypting" option is not checked, and the user replies to an encrypted message.

EPSS: 0.003 (16.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-1696?
CVE-2002-1696 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2002-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2002-1696?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.