CVE-1999-0868

ucbmail allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters that are passed to it from INN.

Published: 1997-02-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0868 is rated Moderate Risk (42.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0868

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 2026-01-10 0.12% 0.17% +0.04%
2 2026-01-07 0.16% 0.12% -0.03%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0868

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0868

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0868

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
isc inn 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape news_server 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:news_server:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sparc — cpe:2.3:h:sun:sparc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nec goah_intrasv r1.1 cpe:2.3:h:nec:goah_intrasv:r1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nec goah_networksv r1.2 cpe:2.3:h:nec:goah_networksv:r1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nec goah_networksv r2.2 cpe:2.3:h:nec:goah_networksv:r2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nec goah_networksv r3.1 cpe:2.3:h:nec:goah_networksv:r3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0868

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