Vulnerability in GNOME Evolution
CVE-2007-1266
Evolution 2.8.1 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents Evolution from visually distinguishing between signed and unsigned portions of OpenPGP messages with multiple components, which allows remote attackers to forge the contents of a message without detection.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.050 (92.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.050 · newest: 0.050 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2007-March/030514.html (mailing-list)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/2353 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461958/30/7710/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/22760 (vdb-entry)
- www.coresecurity.com/ (Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461958/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/24412 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0835 (vdb-entry)