CVE-1999-1366: David Harris Pegasus Mail

Low severity, CVSS 3.6. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Pegasus e-mail client 3.0 and earlier uses weak encryption to store POP3 passwords in the pmail.ini file, which allows local users to easily decrypt the passwords and read e-mail.

Affected products

Published 1999-05-15. Last modified 2026-06-16.