CVE-1999-1005: Netscape Enterprise Server

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 7.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Groupwise web server GWWEB.EXE allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files with .htm extensions via a .. (dot dot) attack using the HELP parameter.

Affected products

• Netscape Enterprise Server: version 3.0.7a only
• Novell Groupwise: version 5.2 only; version 5.5 only

Published 1999-12-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.