CVE-1999-0242

Remote attackers can access mail files via POP3 in some Linux systems that are using shadow passwords.

Published: 1995-03-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0242 is rated Moderate Risk (58.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.05%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0242

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 1.24% 2.05% +0.81%
2 2026-05-12 0.70% 1.24% +0.55%
3 2025-10-17 — 0.70% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0242

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-1999-0242

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0242

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0242: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0242

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0242

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
slackware slackware_linux — cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0242

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