CVE-1999-1337 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

FTP client in Midnight Commander (mc) before 4.5.11 stores usernames and passwords for visited sites in plaintext in the world-readable history file, which allows other local users to gain privileges.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-1999-1318	FTP client in Midnight Commander (mc) before 4.5.11 stores usernames and passwords for visited sites in plaintext in the world-readable history file, which allows other 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 0.00079.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93370073207984&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9873.php
http://www.osvdb.org/5921

History

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Subscriptions

Midnight Commander Midnight Commander

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.222Z

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

Link: CVE-1999-1337

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-08-01T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1337

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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