CVE-2002-0788: Pgp Corporate Desktop

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An interaction between PGP 7.0.3 with the "wipe deleted files" option, when used on Windows Encrypted File System (EFS), creates a cleartext temporary files that cannot be wiped or deleted due to strong permissions, which could allow certain local users or attackers with physical access to obtain cleartext information.

Affected products

• Pgp Corporate Desktop: version 7.1 only
• Pgp Freeware: version 7.0.3 only
• Pgp Personal Security: version 7.0.3 only

Published 2002-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.