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CVE-1999-0656
The ugidd RPC interface, by design, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames by specifying arbitrary UIDs that ugidd maps to…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.6%
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- mitre
Description
The ugidd RPC interface, by design, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames by specifying arbitrary UIDs that ugidd maps to local user and group names.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 25% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- linux-ugidd(348) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://ca.com/au/securityadvisor/vulninfo/Vuln.aspx?ID=1638 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- 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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