CVE-1999-0842

Medium CVSS 5

Published 1999-11-29 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0842, 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

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

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0842

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