CVE-1999-1270

N/A

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published7/11/1998

Last Modified4/16/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

kde:kde

References

http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-devel&m=90221974029738&w=2(cve@mitre.org)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1639(cve@mitre.org)

http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-devel&m=90221974029738&w=2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1639(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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