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Overview
Vulnerability Score	2.6
CVE Id	CVE-1999-1263
Last Modified	10 Sep 2008 03:01:33
Published	15 Aug 2003 12:00:00
Confidentiality Impact	NONE
Integrity Impact	PARTIAL
Availability Impact	NONE
Access Vector	NETWORK
Access Complexity	HIGH
Authentication	NONE

CVE-1999-1263

Summary

Metamail before 2.7-7.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an e-mail message containing a uuencoded attachment that specifies the full pathname for the file to be modified, which is processed by uuencode in Metamail scripts such as sun-audio-file.