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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...

MediumCVSS 5.0 EPSS 1.5%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pgp = 5.5.3i No fix listed
pgp = 6.5.1i No fix listed
pgp = 6.5.3i No fix listed

References

  • CA-2000-18 third-party-advisory us-government-resource
  • 4354 vdb-entry
  • 1606 patch vdb-entry vendor-advisory