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CVE-2000-0678 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (PGP 5.5.x through 6.5.3 does not properly check if an Additi)

PGP 5.5.x through 6.5.3 does not properly check if an Additional Decryption Key (ADK) is stored in the signed portion of a public certificate, which allows an attacker who can modify a victim's public certificate to decrypt any data that has been encrypted with the modified certificate.

CVE IDCVE-2000-0678
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2000-10-20
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionPGP 5.5.x through 6.5.3 does not properly check if an Additional Decryption Key (ADK) is stored in the signed portion of a public certificate, which allows an attacker who can modify a victim's public certificate to decrypt any data that has been encrypted with the modified certificate.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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