CVE-1999-1497

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Ipswitch IMail 5.0 and 6.0 uses weak encryption to store passwords in registry keys, which allows local attackers to read passwords for e-mail accounts.

Ipswitch IMail 5.0 and 6.0 uses weak encryption to store passwords in registry keys, which allows local attackers to read passwords for e-mail accounts.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Ipswitch IMail

First reported 25 years ago

1999-12-21 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:19:00

Affected Software

Ipswitch IMail 5.0

5.0

Ipswitch IMail 5.0.5

5.0.5

Ipswitch IMail 5.0.6

5.0.6

Ipswitch IMail 5.0.7

5.0.7

Ipswitch IMail 5.0.8

5.0.8

Ipswitch IMail 6.0

6.0

References

19991221 [w00giving '99 #11] IMail's password encryption scheme

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Exploit, Vendor Advisory

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