CVE-1999-0704

Exp

Buffer overflow in Berkeley automounter daemon (amd) logging facility provided in the Linux am-utils package and others.

Published: 1999-09-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0704 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.46%, 90th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0704

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19478 exploit_db edb 1999-08-31 Exploit-DB ↗
19479 exploit_db edb 1999-08-30 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0704

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 2026-06-15 4.55% 4.46% -0.09%
2 2026-02-17 4.18% 4.55% +0.37%
3 2025-03-30 — 4.18% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0704

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0704

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0704

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bsdi bsd_os 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsdi bsd_os 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 3.2 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 5.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0704

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