CVE-1999-0173

Exp

FormMail CGI program can be used by web servers other than the host server that the program resides on.

Published: 1997-01-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published

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Threat Intelligence & Risk Assessment for CVE-1999-0173

EPSS CVSS Exploit-DB Affected OS Tracker

Conclusion & alert: CVE-1999-0173 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.83%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.78% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: 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-1999-0173

EDB-ID	Source	Kind	Published	Link
20486	exploit_db	edb	1997-01-01	Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0173

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	3.05%	4.83%	+1.78%
2	2025-03-30	3.09%	3.05%	-0.04%
3	2025-03-29	—	3.09%	—

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0173

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.0	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N` 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:N) No confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	10.0	2.9	[email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0173

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0173

vendor	priority	summary	link
`alpine`	—	CVE-1999-0173: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0.	https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0173

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0173

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
matt_wright	formmail	—	cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:formmail::::::::

References for CVE-1999-0173

URL	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0173

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