CVE-1999-1337

Published Aug 1, 1999

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.6
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:midnight_commander:midnight_commander:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "24D76D39-F002-44B5-857D-3E6B158AD541",
            "versionEndIncluding": "4.5.11"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References