CVE-1999-1440

Published Jan 1, 1999

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description: Win32 ICQ 98a 1.30, and possibly other versions, does not display the entire portion of long filenames, which could allow attackers to send an executable file with a long name that contains so many spaces that the .exe extension is not displayed, which could make the user believe that the file is safe to open from the client.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.1
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 4.9
Vector string: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mirabilis:icq_98a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "496E6612-1278-4A40-891E-B1B9B6596107",
            "versionEndIncluding": "1.30"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References