CVE-1999-0209

Exp

The SunView (SunTools) selection_svc facility allows remote users to read files.

Published: 1990-08-14 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0209 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 47.78%, 99th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.64% 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-1999-0209

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16326 exploit_db edb 2010-07-25 Exploit-DB ↗
5366 exploit_db edb 2008-04-04 Exploit-DB ↗
19040 exploit_db edb 1990-08-14 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0209

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 42.14% 47.78% +5.64%
2 2026-06-04 42.37% 42.14% -0.23%
3 2025-10-17 — 42.37% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0209

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:P/I:N/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0209

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0209

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0209: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0209

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0209

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun sunos 3.5 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0209

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