CVE-1999-0208

Exp

rpc.ypupdated (NIS) allows remote users to execute arbitrary commands.

Published: 1995-12-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0208 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.86%, 96th 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-1999-0208

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20259 exploit_db edb 1994-02-07 Exploit-DB ↗
20258 exploit_db edb 1994-02-07 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0208

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 44.87% 12.86% -32.01%
2 2025-10-15 60.19% 44.87% -15.32%
3 2025-03-30 — 60.19% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0208

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-1999-0208

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0208

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0208: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0208

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0208

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sgi irix 3 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 4 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix 5.2 cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 3.2 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nec asl_ux_4800 — cpe:2.3:o:nec:asl_ux_4800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nec ews-ux_v — cpe:2.3:o:nec:ews-ux_v:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nec up-ux_v — cpe:2.3:o:nec:up-ux_v:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0208

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