CVE-1999-0005

Exp

Arbitrary command execution via IMAP buffer overflow in authenticate command.

Published: 1998-07-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0005 is rated High Exploit Risk (93.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 19.24%, 97th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.61% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0005

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19107 exploit_db edb 1998-07-17 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0005

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 2026-06-15 12.63% 19.24% +6.61%
2 2026-02-13 13.04% 12.63% -0.41%
3 2026-02-09 — 13.04% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0005

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-1999-0005

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0005

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0005: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0005

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0005

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netscape messaging_server 3.55 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:messaging_server:3.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
university_of_washington imap 10.234 cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imap:10.234:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0005

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