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CVE-1999-1270
Published: Sep 12, 2001
Modified: Aug 1, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
kde-kmail-passphrase-leak(1639)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-devel&m=90221974029738&w=2
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