CVE-1999-1510

Exp

Buffer overflows in Bisonware FTP server prior to 4.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via long (1) USER, (2) LIST, or (3) CWD commands.

Published: 1999-05-17 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-1510 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 82.52%, 99th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.88% 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-1999-1510

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
17810 exploit_db edb 2011-09-09 Exploit-DB ↗
17649 exploit_db edb 2011-08-10 Exploit-DB ↗
19219 exploit_db edb 1999-05-17 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-1510

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 2025-12-20 77.64% 82.52% +4.88%
2 2025-04-09 80.91% 77.64% -3.27%
3 2025-04-04 — 80.91% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-1510

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-1999-1510

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-1510

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bisonware bisonware_ftp_server <= 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:bisonware:bisonware_ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-1510

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