CVE-1999-0842

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-1999-0842 · Published 29/11/1999 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-1999-0842 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting mail-gear (symantec).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.5%, higher than 94.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mail-gear symantec	`= 1.0`	No fix yet

Symantec Mail-Gear 1.0 web interface server allows remote users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

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