CVE-1999-1270

Published Jul 11, 1998

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.6
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "30661C23-9BE4-4F6E-AEB9-1B9D7DAA6FC9"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References