KMail 1.9.5 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents KMail from visually distinguishing between signed and unsigned portions of OpenPGP messages with multiple components, which allows remote attackers to forge the contents of a message without detection
Published Mar 6, 2007
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.12%
Description
KMail 1.9.5 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents KMail from visually distinguishing between signed and unsigned portions of OpenPGP messages with multiple components, which allows remote attackers to forge the contents of a message without detection.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.0.29.2
- 1.0.23
- 1.0.24
- 1.0.25
- 1.0.26
- 1.0.27
- 1.0.28
- 1.0.29
- 1.0.29.1
- 1.0.29.2
- 1.1
- 1.2
- 1.3.1
- 1.7.1
- 1.9.1
- 1.86.2.36
- 1.87
- 1.88
- 1.89
- 1.90
- 1.92
- 1.93
- 1.94
- 1.95
- 1.101
- 1.102
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.12% (0.02120) | 81.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.05% (0.02055) | 78.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.80% (0.00799) | 72.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.59% (0.03587) | 92.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 1, 2024 | 3.59% (0.03587) | 91.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 5.62% (0.05618) | 93.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 8, 2024 | 1.64% (0.01643) | 86.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 1.19% (0.01186) | 83.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 24, 2023 | 1.13% (0.01130) | 83.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 8, 2023 | 1.07% (0.01074) | 82.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 0.85% (0.00853) | 79.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 12, 2023 | 0.81% (0.00811) | 79.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.75% (0.00750) | 78.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 78.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 77.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 56.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2007-March/030514.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24413 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2353 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=1687 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461958/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461958/30/7710/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22759 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017727 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0835 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2007-March/030514.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24413 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2353 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=1687 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461958/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461958/30/7710/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22759 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017727 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0835 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
Change history (0)
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