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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 11, 1998· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1270

CVE-1999-1270

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.

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Affected products

2
  • KDE/Kde
    cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • KDE/Kmailllm-fuzzy
    Range: = 1.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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