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TI-2000-00676 Aliases CVE-2000-0678GHSA-2rmh-3vpc-xqrj

PGP 5.5.x through 6.5.3 does not properly check if an Additional Decryption Key (ADK) is…

Priority LOW 26Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01525 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:pgp:pgp:5.5.3i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.5.3iVulnerablePgp
cpe:2.3:a:pgp:pgp:6.5.1i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5.1iVulnerablePgp
cpe:2.3:a:pgp:pgp:6.5.3i:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5.3iVulnerablePgp
  • cpe:2.3:a:pgp:pgp:5.5.3i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.5.3i Vulnerable ·Pgp
  • cpe:2.3:a:pgp:pgp:6.5.1i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5.1i Vulnerable ·Pgp
  • cpe:2.3:a:pgp:pgp:6.5.3i:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5.3i Vulnerable ·Pgp

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2000-0678
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2rmh-3vpc-xqrj

References

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2001-00971 PGP Corporate Desktop before 7.1, Personal Security before 7.0.3, Freeware before 7.0.3… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2001-00428 The split key mechanism used by PGP 7.0 allows a key share holder to obtain access to the… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.6
  • TI-2001-00263 ASCII Armor parser in Windows PGP 7.0.3 and earlier allows attackers to create files in… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1
  • TI-2002-01896 Network Associates PGP 7.0.4 and 7.1 does not time out according to the value set in the… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1
  • TI-2000-00445 The pgpk command in PGP 5.x on Unix systems uses an insufficiently random data source for… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1

Sources

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