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CVE-1999-0492
The ffingerd 1.19 allows remote attackers to identify users on the target system based on its responses.
High10.0EPSS 9.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The ffingerd 1.19 allows remote attackers to identify users on the target system based on its responses.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 25 years later
· 25 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.4% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (1)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0492 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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