CVE-2001-0265

PGP 5.x/6.x/7.0 - ASCII Armor Parser Arbitrary File Creation

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

ASCII Armor parser in Windows PGP 7.0.3 and earlier allows attackers to create files in arbitrary locations via a malformed ASCII armored file.

*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

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2001-04-02 CVE Reserved
2001-04-09 First Exploit
2001-06-18 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.osvdb.org/1782	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2556	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6643	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20738	2001-04-09

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2001/a040901-1.txt	2017-10-10

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"				<= 7.0.3 Search vendor "Pgp" for product "Pgp" and version " <= 7.0.3"		-		Affected
Pgp Search vendor "Pgp"		Pgp Search vendor "Pgp" for product "Pgp"				5 Search vendor "Pgp" for product "Pgp" and version "5"		-		Affected