Seattle Lab SLmail 3.0.2421 Administration Service Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Seattle Lab SLmail 3.0.2421. This affects an unknown function of the component Administration Service. Such manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-1999-0380. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Seattle Lab SLmail 3.0.2421. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Administration Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

SLMail 3.1 and 3.2 allows local users to access any file in the NTFS file system when the Remote Administration Service (RAS) is enabled by setting a user's Finger File to point to the target file, then running finger on the user.

The weakness was presented 02/25/1999 by David Litchfield (nemo) as not defined posting (Bugtraq) via David Litchfield. The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0380. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5392), SecurityFocus (BID 497†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-5038†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: David Litchfield (nemo)
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0380 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0380
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14528
X-Force: 5392
SecurityFocus: 497 - NT SLMail Remote Administration Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 5038 - Seattle Lab Software SLMail 3.1, 3.2 Allows Reading Arbitrary Files and Code Execution, High

Entryinfo

Created: 06/20/2014 17:13
Updated: 04/18/2026 14:16
Changes: 06/20/2014 17:13 (55), 05/24/2019 09:28 (5), 04/18/2026 14:16 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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