CVE-1999-0061

File creation and deletion, and remote execution, in the BSD line printer daemon (lpd).

Published: 1997-10-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0061 is rated Moderate Risk (47.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.66%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0061

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 2025-03-30 2.32% 1.66% -0.66%
2 2025-03-29 1.66% 2.32% +0.66%
3 2025-03-17 — 1.66% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0061

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0061

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0061

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0061: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0061

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0061

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bsdi bsd_os — cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 2.6.20.1 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0061

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