CVE-1999-0703

OpenBSD, BSDI, and other Unix operating systems allow users to set chflags and fchflags on character and block devices.

Published: 1999-08-03 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0703 is rated Low Risk (21.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0703

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 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.06% -0.89%
2 2022-02-04 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0703

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.6 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0703

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0703

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bsdi bsd_os 3.2 cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 3.2 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openbsd openbsd 2.5 cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0703

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