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CVE-1999-1263

Published

20 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

Impact Analysis

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Metamail before 2.7-7.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an e-mail message containing a uuencoded attachment that specifies the full pathname for the file to be modified, which is processed by uuencode in Metamail scripts such as sun-audio-file..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity: Low
Base Score: 2.6/10
Exploit Score: 4.9/10
Access Vector: Network
Access Complexity: High
Authentication Required: None
Impact Score: 2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact: None
Availability Impact: None
Integrity Impact: Partial

Products Affected

CPE	Affected	Vulnerable	Excluding	Edit
cpe:2.3:a:metamail_corporation:metamail::::::::	Yes	-	-

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87773365324657&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1677