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CVE-1999-1236

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-10-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• True North Internet Anywhere Mail Server: 2.3.1, 3.1

References

• http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind9910&L=ntbugtraq&F=&S=&P=662
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/731
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3285
• http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind9910&L=ntbugtraq&F=&S=&P=662
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/731
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3285

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