Description
KMail 1.9.5 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents KMail from visually distinguishing between signed and unsigned portions of OpenPGP messages with multiple components, which allows remote attackers to forge the contents of a message without detection.
Published: 2007-03-06
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 1.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-1262 KMail 1.9.5 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents KMail from visually distinguishing between signed and unsigned portions of OpenPGP messages with multiple components, which allows remote attackers to forge the contents of a message without detection.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:50:35.252Z

Reserved: 2007-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-1265

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-03-06T20:19:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-1265

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