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
- Microsoft Outlook — versions 98
- Pgp Personal_privacy — versions 7.0, 7.0.3, 7.0.4
- N/a — versions n/a
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.