Vulnerability Report

CVE-2001-1016

Title: PGPsdk Key Validity Vulnerability (invalid userID in signed message)

Spoofing

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2001-1016.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Sep 04, 2001
Modified Date Apr 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.54%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2001-1016: PGP Corporate Desktop before 7.1, Personal Security before 7.0.3, Freeware before 7.0.3, and E-Business Server before 7.1 does not properly display when invalid userID's are used to sign a message, which could allow an attacker to make the user believe that the document has been signed by a trusted third party by adding a second, invalid user ID to a key which has already been signed by the third party, aka the "PGPsdk Key Validity Vulnerability."

Impacted Vendors

P
pgp 5

Reference Links

http://www.osvdb.org/1946 http://www.pgp.com/support/product-advisories/pgpsdk.asp http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/211806 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3280 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7081 http://www.osvdb.org/1946 http://www.pgp.com/support/product-advisories/pgpsdk.asp http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/211806 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3280 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7081
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2001-1016 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.