CVE-1999-0279

Excite for Web Servers (EWS) allows remote command execution via shell metacharacters.

Published: 1998-01-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0279 is rated Moderate Risk (57.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.29%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0279

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 2026-03-24 1.17% 1.29% +0.11%
2 2025-03-30 2.21% 1.17% -1.04%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.21% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0279

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-1999-0279

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0279

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0279: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0279

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0279

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
excite ews 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:excite:ews:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0279

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