CVE-1999-1236

Medium CVSS 4.6

Published 1999-10-01 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1236, 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

Internet Anywhere Mail Server 2.3.1 stores passwords in plaintext in the msgboxes.dbf file, which could allow local users to gain privileges by extracting the passwords from msgboxes.dbf.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1236

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