CVE-1999-1280

Hummingbird Exceed 6.0.1.0 inadvertently includes a DLL that was meant for development and testing, which logs user names and passwords in cleartext in the test.log file.

Published: 1998-12-03 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-1280 is rated Moderate Risk (48.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.47%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-1280

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 2025-03-17 3.43% 0.47% -2.96%
2 2024-02-17 0.92% 3.43% +2.51%
3 2023-08-13 — 0.92% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-1280

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-1999-1280

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-1280

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hummingbird exceed 6.0.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:hummingbird:exceed:6.0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-1280

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