CVE-1999-0885

Exp

Alibaba web server allows remote attackers to execute commands via a pipe character in a malformed URL.

Published: 1999-11-03 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-1999-0885 is rated Exploit Available (54.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.88%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0885

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19595 exploit_db edb 1999-11-03 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0885

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 2025-03-19 1.20% 0.88% -0.31%
2 2025-03-17 0.29% 1.20% +0.91%
3 2024-02-08 0.29%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0885

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.6 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0885

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0885

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
computer_software_manufaktur alibaba 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:computer_software_manufaktur:alibaba:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0885

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