Description
Mercury Messenger, possibly 1.7.1.1 and other versions, when running on a multi-user Mac OS X platform, stores chat logs with world-readable permissions within the /Users directory, which allows local users to read the chat logs from other users.
Published: 2006-07-17
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-3664 Mercury Messenger, possibly 1.7.1.1 and other versions, when running on a multi-user Mac OS X platform, stores chat logs with world-readable permissions within the /Users directory, which allows local users to read the chat logs from other users.
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Mercury Messenger Mercury Messenger
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:39:54.064Z

Reserved: 2006-07-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-3669

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-07-18T15:47:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:27:31.623

Link: CVE-2006-3669

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