CVE-2001-1016 describes a vulnerability in various PGP products, including Corporate Desktop, Personal Security, Freeware, and E-Business Server, where invalid user IDs are not properly displayed when signing messages. This flaw allows an attacker to append a fraudulent user ID to a key already signed by a legitimate third party, deceiving users into believing a document originated from a trusted source. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pgp:corporate_desktop:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pgp:e-business_server:6.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pgp:e-business_server:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pgp:e-business_server:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pgp:freeware:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.