Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-1266 - Unspecified vulnerability in Metamail Corporation Metamail

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
metamail-corporation

Summary

rsh daemon (rshd) generates different error messages when a valid username is provided versus an invalid name, which allows remote attackers to determine valid users on the system.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Metamail_Corporation
1