# CVE-2007-1264: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can forge OpenPGP message contents without detection due to improper status handling in Enigmail, requiring user interaction to view the message.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 6 Mar 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1264, GHSA-7hv8-mc2f-v257

## What is CVE-2007-1264?

CVE-2007-1264 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Mar 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Enigmail 0.94.2 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents Enigmail 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.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1264?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Enigmail Enigmail.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-1264?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2007-1264 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-1264 exists.

Public exploit code:

- KMail 1.x - GnuPG Arbitrary Content Injection (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2006-5877](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5877/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2019-12269](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12269/): Other in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2018-12019](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12019/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2019-14664](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14664/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-15586](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15586/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-1264 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-1264 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Mar 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-1264 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1264/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1264/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1264
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1264
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-1264

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1264/
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