CVE-1999-1263
N/A
Published: March 9, 2002 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: September 25, 2026 at 08:27 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMetamail
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 2.7
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87773365324657&w=2VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1677Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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