CVE-1999-0771

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The web components of Compaq Management Agents and the Compaq Survey Utility allow a remote attacker to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Published: 1999-05-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0771 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.24%, 93th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0771

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19225 exploit_db edb 1999-05-25 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0771

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 2026-06-29 5.84% 6.24% +0.39%
2 2026-06-15 5.04% 5.84% +0.81%
3 2026-01-07 — 5.04% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0771

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0771

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0771

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
compaq insight_management_agent — cpe:2.3:a:compaq:insight_management_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
compaq power_management 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:compaq:power_management:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0771

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