CVE-1999-1479

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The textcounter.pl by Matt Wright allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

Published: 1998-06-24 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-1479 is rated High Exploit Risk (93.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.87%, 96th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +7.94% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-1479

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20583 exploit_db edb 1998-06-24 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-1479

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 3.93% 11.87% +7.94%
2 2025-03-30 13.27% 3.93% -9.34%
3 2025-03-29 — 13.27% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-1479

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-1479

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-1479

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
matt_wright textcounter 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:matt_wright:textcounter:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-1479

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