CVE-1999-1337 Information

Description

FTP client in Midnight Commander (mc) before 4.5.11 stores usernames and passwords for visited sites in plaintext in the world-readable history file which allows other local users to gain privileges.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93370073207984&w=2 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9873.php http://www.osvdb.org/5921