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CVE-1999-1263

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-08-15 · updated 2026-09-25

Description

Metamail before 2.7-7.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an e-mail message containing a uuencoded attachment that specifies the full pathname for the file to be modified, which is processed by uuencode in Metamail scripts such as sun-audio-file.

Affected products

• Metamail Corporation Metamail: through 2.7

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87773365324657&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1677
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87773365324657&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1677

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