CVE-2007-1266
Evolution 2.8.1 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents Evolution from visually…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 5.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Evolution 2.8.1 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents Evolution from visually distinguishing between signed and unsigned portions of OpenPGP messages with multiple components, which allows remote attackers to forge the contents of a message without detection.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Gnome Evolution 2.x - GnuPG Arbitrary Content Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29691remote, linuxpublished 5 Mar 2007Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- [gnupg-users] 20070306 [Announce] Multiple Messages Problem in GnuPG and GPGME (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 2353 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20070305 CORE-2007-0115: GnuPG and GnuPG clients unsigned data injection vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 22760 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=1687 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20070305 CORE-2007-0115: GnuPG and GnuPG clients unsigned data injection vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 24412 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017727 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0835 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-1263 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-1266)Record last updated .