Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-1999-1337 First vendor Publication 1999-08-01
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2016-10-18

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.6 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-1999-1337

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
5921 Midnight Commander Cleartext Password Storage

Midnight Commander (mc) contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized password exposure. The issue is due to the program storing usernames and passwords for visited sites in the world-readable history file $HOME/.mc in plaintext. It is possible that the flaw could allow a malicious user to gain elevated privileges, which may lead to a loss of confidentiality and/or integrity.

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BUGTRAQ http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93370073207984&w=2
OSVDB http://www.osvdb.org/5921
XF http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9873.php

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2021-05-05 01:00:54
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2016-10-18 12:00:48
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