CVE-2001-0265

Exp

ASCII Armor parser in Windows PGP 7.0.3 and earlier allows attackers to create files in arbitrary locations via a malformed ASCII armored file.

Published: 2001-06-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0265 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.72%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-0265

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20738 exploit_db edb 2001-04-09 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0265

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 0.94% 0.72% -0.22%
2 2026-01-31 0.64% 0.94% +0.30%
3 2025-03-17 0.64%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0265

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0265

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0265

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pgp pgp <= 7.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:pgp:pgp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pgp pgp 5 cpe:2.3:a:pgp:pgp:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0265

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