CVE-1999-1554

Low CVSS 2.1

Published 1990-10-31 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1554, 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

/usr/sbin/Mail on SGI IRIX 3.3 and 3.3.1 does not properly set the group ID to the group ID of the user who started Mail, which allows local users to read the mail of other users.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1554

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