Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-1497

Title: IMail stores passwords with weak encryption in registry keys

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-1999-1497

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 21, 1999

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.40%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-1497: Ipswitch IMail 5.0 and 6.0 uses weak encryption to store passwords in registry keys, which allows local attackers to read passwords for e-mail accounts.

Impacted Vendors

ipswitch 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/39329 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/880 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/39329 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/880

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-1497 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19683

View Code

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/401

View Code

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.

December 21, 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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.