CVE-1999-0712

A vulnerability in Caldera Open Administration System (COAS) allows the /etc/shadow password file to be made world-readable.

Published: 1999-04-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0712 is rated Low Risk (19.8/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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-1999-0712

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 0.13% 0.40% +0.27%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.13% +0.09%
3 2024-02-08 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0712

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0712

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0712

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
caldera coas 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:caldera:coas:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
caldera coas 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:caldera:coas:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
caldera coas 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:caldera:coas:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
caldera openlinux 2.2 cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0712

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