CVE-2001-1016

Description

PGP Corporate Desktop before 7.1, Personal Security before 7.0.3, Freeware before 7.0.3, and E-Business Server before 7.1 does not properly display when invalid userID's are used to sign a message, which could allow an attacker to make the user believe that the document has been signed by a trusted third party by adding a second, invalid user ID to a key which has already been signed by the third party, aka the "PGPsdk Key Validity Vulnerability."

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.54%

Vendor Advisory pgp.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/211806	mailing list patch vendor advisory
http://www.pgp.com/support/product-advisories/pgpsdk.asp	patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3280	vdb entry patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7081	vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/1946	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2001-1016?: CVE-2001-1016 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2001-1016?: To fix CVE-2001-1016, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2001-1016 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2001-1016 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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