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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:01.676Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1270

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1998-07-11T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2017-12-19T02:29:06.440

Link: CVE-1999-1270

cve-icon Redhat

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