CVE-2002-1696 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Outlook plug-in PGP version 7.0, 7.0.3, and 7.0.4 silently saves a decrypted copy of a message to hard disk when "Automatically decrypt/verify when opening messages" option is checked, "Always use Secure Viewer when decrypting" option is not checked, and the user replies to an encrypted message.

Published: 2005-06-21

Score: 5.5 Medium

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:pgp:personal_privacy:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pgp:personal_privacy:7.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pgp:personal_privacy:7.0.4:::::::*

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:98:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00064.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0201&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=528
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3825
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7900

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Microsoft Outlook

Pgp Personal Privacy

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-21T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:34:56.009Z

Reserved: 2005-06-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1696

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-1696

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-312

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