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

published 1999-11-29 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0823

cvss: 5.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 7.5%; EPSS 7.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Timeline

1999-11-29 First public exploit (EDB-19644)
1999-11-29 Published

Exploit prediction

7.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-19644 symantec mail-gear 1.0 - Directory Traversal remote, 1999-11-29

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

securityfocus.com /bid/827
vdb-entry
securityfocus.com /templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=NCBBKFKDOLAGKIAPMILPCEAFCBAA.labs%40ussrback.com
mailing-list
osvdb.org /1144
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-1999-0842
NVD CVE-1999-0842

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Summary