CVE-1999-1497

highpriority · track · 39OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.014 · 72 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

1.40% (72nd) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Ipswitch IMail 5.0 and 6.0 uses weak encryption to store passwords in registry keys, which allows local attackers to read passwords for e-mail accounts.

cvss

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

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.06.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-256USLLM-inferredCWE-312USLLM-inferred

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-19683Ipswitch IMail Server 5.0/5.0.5/5.0.6/5.0.7/5.0.8/6.0 - Weak Password Encryptionfunctional · exploit_db
EDB-401IPSwitch IMail Server 8.1 - Local Password Decryption Utilityfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
ipswitch imail= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail= 5.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail= 5.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail= 5.0.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail= 5.0.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch imail= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:imail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 1999-12-21modified 2026-06-16

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/39329 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/880 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/39329ExploitVendor Advisorynvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/880ExploitVendor Advisorynvd

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