CVE-2002-2069

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-459

Description

PGP 6.x and 7.x does not clear Windows alternate data streams that are attached to files on NTFS file systems, which allows attackers to recover sensitive information that was supposed to be deleted.

Affected products

Pgp Personal Privacy: from 6.0.2 through 6.5.8; from 7.0 through 7.1.1

References

http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-034.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7953.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/251565
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3912
http://www.seifried.org/security/advisories/kssa-003.html
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-034.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7953.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/251565
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3912
http://www.seifried.org/security/advisories/kssa-003.html

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