David Harris Pegasus Mail 3.0 pmail.ini missing encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in David Harris Pegasus Mail 3.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file pmail.ini. The manipulation results in missing encryption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-1999-1366. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in David Harris Pegasus Mail 3.0. Affected is an unknown functionality of the file pmail.ini. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Pegasus e-mail client 3.0 and earlier uses weak encryption to store POP3 passwords in the pmail.ini file, which allows local users to easily decrypt the passwords and read e-mail.

The weakness was disclosed 05/15/1999 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-1999-1366. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

By approaching the search of inurl:pmail.ini it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing encryption
CWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
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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

05/15/1999 🔍
05/15/1999 +0 days 🔍
06/20/2014 +5515 days 🔍
04/19/2026 +4321 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-1366 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1366
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14652

Entryinfo

Created: 06/21/2014 00:23
Updated: 04/19/2026 03:22
Changes: 06/21/2014 00:23 (42), 04/04/2019 14:41 (6), 04/19/2026 03:22 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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