Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-0365

Title: metamail mailcap entries allow command execution via unquoted metacharacters

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-1999-0365.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Feb 04, 1999

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

4.06%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-0365: The metamail package allows remote command execution using shell metacharacters that are not quoted in a mailcap entry.

Impacted Vendors

metainfo 2

redhat 1

eric_allman 1

Reference Links

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0365 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0365

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-0365 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 04, 1999 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.