Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-1977

Title: Network Associates PGP 'Passphrase Cache' timeout bypass

Authentication bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-1977.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 31, 2002

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.10%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-1977: Network Associates PGP 7.0.4 and 7.1 does not time out according to the value set in the "Passphrase Cache" option, which could allow attackers to open encrypted files without providing a passphrase.

Impacted Vendors

pgp 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0313.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0322.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9690.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5318 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0313.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0322.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9690.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5318

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-1977 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 2002 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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.