CVE-2000-0678 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-18.html http://www.osvdb.org/4354 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1606