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CVE-2000-0445

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-05-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The pgpk command in PGP 5.x on Unix systems uses an insufficiently random data source for non-interactive key pair generation, which may produce predictable keys.

Affected products

• Pgp: 5.0_linux, 5.0i, 6.5_linux

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0273.html
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-09.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/1355
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1251
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0273.html
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-09.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/1355
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1251

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