CVE-1999-1171

mediumpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.049 · 92 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

4.89% (92nd) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

IPswitch WS_FTP allows local users to gain additional privileges and modify or add mail accounts by setting the "flags" registry key to 1920.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v2.04.1mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USLLM-inferredCWE-284USLLM-inferred

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
ipswitch imail= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws ftp server= 1.0.1.envdUScpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
progress ws ftp server= 1.0.2.envdUScpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

Which sources assert this record, and when.

published 1999-02-02modified 2026-06-16

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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