Description
Format string vulnerability in Gnu Privacy Guard (aka GnuPG or gpg) 1.05 and earlier can allow an attacker to gain privileges via format strings in the original filename that is stored in an encrypted file.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- GNU Privacy Guard 1.0.x - Format String EDB-20889 · remote · May 29, 2001 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20010601 The GnuPG format string bug (was: TSLSA-2001-0009 - GnuPG) mailing-list
- gnupg-tty-format-string(6642) vdb-entry
- VU#403051 third-party-advisory
- 2797 vdb-entry
- CSSA-2001-020.0 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2001:073 vendor-advisory
- http://www.gnupg.org/whatsnew.html#rn20010529
- DSA-061 vendor-advisory
- TLSA2001028 vendor-advisory
- CLA-2001:399 vendor-advisory
- 1845 vdb-entry
- SuSE-SA:2001:020 vendor-advisory
- IMNX-2001-70-023-01 vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2001:053 vendor-advisory