CVE-1999-1220

Exp

Majordomo 1.94.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands when the advertise or noadvertise directive is used in a configuration file, via shell metacharacters in the Reply-To header.

Published: 1997-08-24 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-1220 is rated High Exploit Risk (73/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.05%). 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-1999-1220

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-1220

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 1.60% 2.05% +0.45%
2 2025-03-30 1.66% 1.60% -0.05%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.66% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-1220

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-1220

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-1220

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
great_circle_associates majordomo <= 1.94.3 cpe:2.3:a:great_circle_associates:majordomo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-1220

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