CVE-1999-1394

Exp

BSD 4.4 based operating systems, when running at security level 1, allow the root user to clear the immutable and append-only flags for files by unmounting the file system and using a file system editor such as fsdb to directly modify the file through a device.

Published: 1999-07-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-1999-1394 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.61%). 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-1999-1394

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19411 exploit_db edb 1999-07-02 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-1394

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 0.90% 0.61% -0.29%
2 2025-08-07 0.59% 0.90% +0.31%
3 2025-03-30 0.59%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-1394

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-1394

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-1394

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bsd bsd 4.4 cpe:2.3:o:bsd:bsd:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-1394

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