CVE-1999-1090

Summary

CVE-1999-1090 is a vulnerability affecting the NCSA Telnet package used in Macintosh and PC systems. Contrary to its configuration settings, this package unintentionally enables FTP functionality, exposing the system to remote attacks. An attacker can exploit this issue to read and modify arbitrary files without requiring the "ftp=yes" configuration line. This oversight poses a significant risk to data confidentiality and integrity.

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