CVE-2001-0072

gpg (aka GnuPG) 1.0.4 and other versions imports both public and private keys from public key servers without notifying the user about the private keys, which could allow an attacker to break the web of trust.

Published: 2001-02-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0072 is rated Moderate Risk (48.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.97%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0072

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.78% 1.97% +1.19%
2 2026-04-24 0.96% 0.78% -0.18%
3 2025-03-30 0.96%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0072

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0072

OS Trackers for CVE-2001-0072

vendor priority summary link
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0072

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0072

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu privacy_guard 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu privacy_guard 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu privacy_guard 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu privacy_guard 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu privacy_guard 1.0.3b cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:1.0.3b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0072

cvelogic Threat Intelligence