CVE-1999-0475

Low CVSS 1.2

Published 1999-04-05 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0475, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

A race condition in how procmail handles .procmailrc files allows a local user to read arbitrary files available to the user who is running procmail.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0475

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N