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CVE-1999-1270

Published

25 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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KMail in KDE 1.0 provides a PGP passphrase as a command line argument to other programs, which could allow local users to obtain the passphrase and compromise the PGP keys of other users by viewing the arguments via programs that list process information, such as ps..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity: Medium
Base Score: 4.6/10
Exploit Score: 3.9/10
Access Vector: Local
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication Required: None
Impact Score: 6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Availability Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: Partial

Products Affected

CPE	Affected	Vulnerable	Excluding	Edit
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.0:::::::*	Yes	-	-

References

http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-devel&m=90221974029738&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1639