CVE-1999-0842 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Symantec Mail-Gear 1.0's web interface, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.0) has a low attack complexity and impacts confidentiality. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry exists, and the vulnerability has received no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:symantec:mail-gear:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.