CVE-2000-0678

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2000-08-25 CVE Reserved
2000-10-13 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-18.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/4354	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1606	2008-09-10

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Pgp Search vendor "Pgp"		Pgp Search vendor "Pgp" for product "Pgp"				5.5.3i Search vendor "Pgp" for product "Pgp" and version "5.5.3i"		-		Affected
Pgp Search vendor "Pgp"		Pgp Search vendor "Pgp" for product "Pgp"				6.5.1i Search vendor "Pgp" for product "Pgp" and version "6.5.1i"		-		Affected
Pgp Search vendor "Pgp"		Pgp Search vendor "Pgp" for product "Pgp"				6.5.3i Search vendor "Pgp" for product "Pgp" and version "6.5.3i"		-		Affected