CVE-1999-1236 (GCVE-0-1999-1236)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-09-12 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 17:02
VLAI
Summary
Internet Anywhere Mail Server 2.3.1 stores passwords in plaintext in the msgboxes.dbf file, which could allow local users to gain privileges by extracting the passwords from msgboxes.dbf.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1… mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/731 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
1999-10-01 00:00
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