CVE-1999-0612

A version of finger is running that exposes valid user information to any entity on the network.

Published: 1997-03-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0612 is rated Critical Risk (98.5/100): high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 67.44%, 99th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0612

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 2026-07-06 68.19% 67.44% -0.74%
2 2026-06-15 25.19% 68.19% +43.00%
3 2025-12-28 — 25.19% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0612

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
0.0 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 0.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0612

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-1999-0612

Impact: This Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) entry is a configuration issue and not a software flaw. As such, it doesn’t fit in the CVE software flaw list. The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score for this CVE entry has been set to 0 because this CVE entry has no impact as a software flaw according to CVSS. This does not mean that the configuration issue is not important and there may be security implications relative to computers having this configuration.

Solution: The FTP Service should be disabled because it could reveal information about a host's users, which could be used as reconnaissance information for attacks.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0612

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu finger_service — cpe:2.3:a:gnu:finger_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu fingerd — cpe:2.3:a:gnu:fingerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0612

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