CVE-1999-1270 describes a vulnerability in KMail within KDE 1.0 where PGP passphrases were passed as command-line arguments. This allowed local users to potentially view these passphrases using process listing tools like 'ps', compromising PGP keys. The vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this older CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.