01 Record
CVE-2000-0445
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2000-10-13 04:00Z26 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 05:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2000-06-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- de322f80455596dcada7cbe05bba324b5badfe66099ed039e2368ad8e64d162f
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.osvdb.org1355http://www.osvdb.org/1355
- www.cert.orgCA-2000-09http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-09.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20000523 Key Generation Security Flaw in PGP 5.0http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0273.html
- www.securityfocus.com1251http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1251