CVE-1999-1592

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in sendmail 5, as installed on Sun SunOS 4.1.3_U1 and 4.1.4, have unspecified attack vectors and impact. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-1999-0129.

Published: 1999-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-1592 is rated Moderate Risk (50.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.99%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-1592

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 0.39% 0.99% +0.60%
2 2026-02-28 0.32% 0.39% +0.07%
3 2025-12-19 — 0.32% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-1592

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-1999-1592

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-1592

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-1999-1592 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sendmail), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-1999-1592

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-1592

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sendmail sendmail 5 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-1592

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