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CVE-1999-1170

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

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

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00011
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Affected Products & Versions

2
ipswitch imailall versions
progress ws ftp serverall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
localIpswitch IMail 5.0 / Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 1.0.1/1.0.2 - Local Privilege Escalationverified
pocwww.securityfocus.com · bid/218www.securityfocus.com
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Scoring & Timeline

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD02 Jan 1999 · 05:00 AM
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References & Sources

1
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=91816507920544&w=2
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