CVE-1999-1529

Exp

A buffer overflow exists in the HELO command in Trend Micro Interscan VirusWall SMTP gateway 3.23/3.3 for NT, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 1999-11-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-1529 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.07%, 96th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-1529

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19614 exploit_db edb 1999-11-07 Exploit-DB ↗
19612 exploit_db edb 1999-11-07 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-1529

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 15.02% 12.07% -2.95%
2 2025-03-30 13.03% 15.02% +1.99%
3 2025-03-29 — 13.03% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-1529

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-1999-1529

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-1529

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
trend_micro interscan_viruswall 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trend_micro interscan_viruswall 3.23 cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-1529

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