CVE-1999-1270 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1251	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00061.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Kde Kde

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1270

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1270

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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