CVE-1999-0177

The uploader program in the WebSite web server allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary programs.

Published: 1997-09-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-1999-0177 is rated Moderate Risk (58.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.00%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.44% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0177

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 0.56% 2.00% +1.44%
2 2025-03-17 0.51% 0.56% +0.04%
3 2024-02-08 0.51%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0177

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0177

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0177

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-1999-0177: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0177

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0177

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oreilly website 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:oreilly:website:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0177

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