CVE-1999-0819

Exp

NTMail does not disable the VRFY command, even if the administrator has explicitly disabled it.

Published: 1999-12-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0819 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 56.48%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +8.35% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0819

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23264 exploit_db edb 2003-10-20 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0819

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 2025-12-28 48.13% 56.48% +8.35%
2 2025-12-27 56.48% 48.13% -8.35%
3 2025-10-28 — 56.48% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0819

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-1999-0819

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0819

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0819

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