Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-1246

Title: Site Server Direct Mailer stores credentials in plaintext on network share

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-1999-1246.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 31, 1999

Modified Date Apr 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.92%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-1246: Direct Mailer feature in Microsoft Site Server 3.0 saves user domain names and passwords in plaintext in the TMLBQueue network share, which has insecure default permissions, allowing remote attackers to read the passwords and gain privileges.

Impacted Vendors

microsoft 1

mambo 1

Reference Links

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q229/9/72.asp https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2068 http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q229/9/72.asp https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2068

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-1999-1246 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 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.