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CVE-2001-1016

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-09-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PGP Corporate Desktop before 7.1, Personal Security before 7.0.3, Freeware before 7.0.3, and E-Business Server before 7.1 does not properly display when invalid userID's are used to sign a message, which could allow an attacker to make the user believe that the document has been signed by a trusted third party by adding a second, invalid user ID to a key which has already been signed by the third party, aka the "PGPsdk Key Validity Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Pgp Corporate Desktop: 7.1
• Pgp E-Business Server: 6.5.8, 7.0.4, 7.1
• Pgp Freeware: 7.0.3
• Pgp Personal Security: 7.0.3
• Pgp: 5.0, 6.0.2

References

• http://www.osvdb.org/1946
• http://www.pgp.com/support/product-advisories/pgpsdk.asp
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/211806
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3280
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7081
• http://www.osvdb.org/1946
• http://www.pgp.com/support/product-advisories/pgpsdk.asp
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/211806
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3280
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7081

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