CVE-2001-0265 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:pgp:pgp::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:pgp:pgp:5:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0265	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00944.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2001/a040901-1.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/1782
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2556
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6643

History

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Subscriptions

Pgp Pgp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:14:07.215Z

Reserved: 2001-04-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0265

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-06-18T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0265

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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