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CVE-2000-0678: pgp

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 13-10-2000Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2000-0678 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in pgp. EPSS estimates a 1.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.52%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 13-10-2000
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.52%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.52% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.52%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Pgp1 product
  • pgp5.5.3i | 6.5.1i | 6.5.3i

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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