CVE-1999-0386

Exp

Microsoft Personal Web Server and FrontPage Personal Web Server in some Windows systems allows a remote attacker to read files on the server by using a nonstandard URL.

Published: 1999-03-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0386 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 61.21%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.39% 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-1999-0386

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19753 exploit_db edb 1996-01-17 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0386

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 2026-03-19 57.82% 61.21% +3.39%
2 2025-07-30 72.57% 57.82% -14.76%
3 2025-07-07 — 72.57% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0386

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-1999-0386

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0386

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0386: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0386

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0386

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft frontpage — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:frontpage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft personal_web_server 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:personal_web_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0386

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