CVE-1999-1263 — LOW severity vulnerability (Metamail before 2.7-7.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite)
Metamail before 2.7-7.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an e-mail message containing a uuencoded attachment that specifies the full pathname for the file to be modified, which is processed by uuencode in Metamail scripts such as sun-audio-file.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1263 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 2.6 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2003-08-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Metamail before 2.7-7.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an e-mail message containing a uuencoded attachment that specifies the full pathname for the file to be modified, which is processed by uuencode in Metamail scripts such as sun-audio-file. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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