What is CVE-2002-2069?

CVE-2002-2069 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pgp Personal Privacy, classified under Incomplete Cleanup. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2002-12-31.

How severe is CVE-2002-2069?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Pgp Personal Privacy

CVE-2002-2069

PGP 6.x and 7.x does not clear Windows alternate data streams that are attached to files on NTFS file systems, which allows attackers to recover sensitive information that was supposed to be deleted.

Published 2002-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (80.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pgp Personal Privacy

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-459 — Incomplete Cleanup

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/3912 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.seifried.org/security/advisories/kssa-003.html (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
www.iss.net/security_center/static/7953.php (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-034.shtml (government-resource, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/251565 (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-2069?: CVE-2002-2069 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pgp Personal Privacy, classified under Incomplete Cleanup. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2002-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2002-2069?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.