CVE-1999-0003

Exp

Execute commands as root via buffer overflow in Tooltalk database server (rpc.ttdbserverd).

Published: 1998-04-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0003 is rated High Exploit Risk (90.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 90.63%, 100th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0003

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19102 exploit_db edb 1998-08-31 Exploit-DB ↗
19101 exploit_db edb 1998-08-31 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0003

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-20 90.34% 90.63% +0.29%
2 2026-02-13 89.35% 90.34% +0.99%
3 2025-11-11 — 89.35% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0003

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0003

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0003

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0003: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0003

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0003

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tritreal ted_cde 4.3 cpe:2.3:a:tritreal:ted_cde:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 5.2 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 5.3 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.1 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.3 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 6.4 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.01 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.02 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.03 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.00 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.1.3 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.1.4 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.1.5 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.3 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 2.6 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos — cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 4.1.3 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.2 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.3 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.4 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.5 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0003

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