CVE-1999-1275 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Lotus cc:Mail release 8 stores the postoffice password in plaintext in a hidden file which has insecure permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_cc_mail:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1256	Lotus cc:Mail release 8 stores the postoffice password in plaintext in a hidden file which has insecure permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00046.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/9478
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1619

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ibm Lotus Cc Mail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:01.758Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1275

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1997-09-08T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1275

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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