CVE-1999-0239

Exp

Netscape FastTrack Web server lists files when a lowercase "get" command is used instead of an uppercase GET.

Published: 1998-01-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0239 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.65%, 94th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.00% 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-1999-0239

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19363 exploit_db edb 1999-06-07 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0239

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 3.65% 7.65% +4.00%
2 2026-04-21 4.10% 3.65% -0.45%
3 2025-03-30 — 4.10% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0239

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
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-1999-0239

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0239

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0239: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0239

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0239

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netscape fasttrack_server 3.01 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:fasttrack_server:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0239

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