CVE-1999-0787

Exp

The SSH authentication agent follows symlinks via a UNIX domain socket.

Published: 1999-09-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0787 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.01%). 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-1999-0787

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19510 exploit_db edb 1999-09-17 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0787

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 0.61% 1.01% +0.40%
2 2025-03-30 0.46% 0.61% +0.16%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.46% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0787

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:N/I:P/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0787

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0787

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ssh ssh 1.2.27 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:ssh:1.2.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0787

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