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CVE-1999-1337

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-08-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

FTP client in Midnight Commander (mc) before 4.5.11 stores usernames and passwords for visited sites in plaintext in the world-readable history file, which allows other local users to gain privileges.

Affected products

• Midnight Commander: through 4.5.11

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93370073207984&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9873.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/5921
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93370073207984&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9873.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/5921

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