CVE-1999-1337

high

Description

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.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-1999-1318

http://www.osvdb.org/5921

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9873.php

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93370073207984&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1999-08-01

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00326

Detections

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