PT-2003-1127 · Metamail · Metamail

Published 2003-08-15 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-1999-1263

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Metamail versions prior to 2.7-7.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an e-mail message containing a uuencoded attachment. This attachment specifies the full pathname for the file to be modified, which is then processed by uuencode in Metamail scripts, such as sun-audio-file.

Recommendations For Metamail versions prior to 2.7-7.2, update to version 2.7-7.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of uuencode in Metamail scripts to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1263

Affected Products

Metamail

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1263 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87773365324657&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1677 · Note