CVE-1999-1270
N/A
Published: September 12, 2001 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:50 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKde
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
KMail in KDE 1.0 provides a PGP passphrase as a command line argument to other programs, which could allow local users to obtain the passphrase and compromise the PGP keys of other users by viewing the arguments via programs that list process information, such as ps.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-devel&m=90221974029738&w=2VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1639Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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