CVE-1999-0516

An SNMP community name is guessable.

Published: 1998-08-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-1999-0516 is rated High Risk (66.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 73.98%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +1.82% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0516

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 2025-06-18 72.16% 73.98% +1.82%
2 2025-06-05 73.98% 72.16% -1.82%
3 2025-03-30 73.98%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0516

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-1999-0516

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0516

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-1999-0516

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