CVE-1999-1275: IBM Lotus Cc Mail

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Lotus cc:Mail release 8 stores the postoffice password in plaintext in a hidden file which has insecure permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Affected products

• IBM Lotus Cc Mail: version 8.0 only

Published 1997-09-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.