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CVE-1999-1366

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
15/05/1999
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

Pegasus e-mail client 3.0 and earlier uses weak encryption to store POP3 passwords in the pmail.ini file, which allows local users to easily decrypt the passwords and read e-mail.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.60 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
3.60
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:david_harris:pegasus_mail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.0 (including)

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