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VAR-199901-0009

Vulnerability from variot - Updated: 2025-04-03 22:26

IPswitch IMail allows local users to gain additional privileges and modify or add mail accounts by setting the "flags" registry key to 1920. Non-administrative Imail and WS_FTP Server users may elevate their privileges to administrator for these applications by modifying a specific registry value. Once a person has obtained administrative privileges, they may use the application interface (locally) to read email, create accounts, delete accounts, etc. Progress Software IPswitch IMail is an email server of Progress Software Company in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in Progress Software IPswitch IMail

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CVE-1999-1170 (GCVE-0-1999-1170)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-09-12 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 17:02

Summary

IPswitch IMail allows local users to gain additional privileges and modify or add mail accounts by setting the "flags" registry key to 1920.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

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	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/218	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

Action not permitted

VAR-199901-0009

CVE-1999-1170 (GCVE-0-1999-1170)

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature