CVE-1999-1366

Published May 15, 1999

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

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

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 3.6
Impact score: 4.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:david_harris:pegasus_mail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "BA789358-19BB-4F92-A11E-0622E48B355D",
            "versionEndIncluding": "3.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References