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CVE-1999-1270

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.31%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 1998-07-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-1999-1270
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.6
EPSS
0.31%

Original NVD 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.