CVE-2017-9604
kmail: Send Later with Delay bypasses OpenPGP
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · June 13, 2017
Updated · May 13, 2026
Description
It was found that KMail's Send Later with Delay function bypassed OpenPGP signing and encryption, causing the message to be sent unsigned and in plain-text. A remote attacker, with access to the user's network traffic, could potentially use this flaw to obtain sensitive information from the plain-text email messages.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 5.4CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE-201 · Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data