CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
---|---|---|
5.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Debian Linux 2.1 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component mailman. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
The Debian mailman package uses weak authentication, which allows attackers to gain privileges.
The weakness was released 06/22/1999 by Wichert Akkerman (FIRST) with Developer (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0742. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 14700 and 14693.
Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv2
AV | AC | Au | C | I | A |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
Vector | Complexity | Authentication | Confidentiality | Integrity | Availability |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 🔍
Exploiting
Class: Improper authenticationCWE: CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍
0-Day | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
---|---|---|---|---|
Today | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Timeline
06/22/1999 🔍06/22/1999 🔍
06/22/1999 🔍
06/21/2014 🔍
05/21/2018 🔍
Sources
Vendor: debian.orgAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Wichert Akkerman (FIRST)
Organization: Developer
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-1999-0742 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 480 - Debian mailman Vulnerability
See also: 🔍
Entry
Created: 06/21/2014 11:48Updated: 05/21/2018 10:04
Changes: 06/21/2014 11:48 (47), 05/21/2018 10:04 (8)
Complete: 🔍
No comments yet. Languages: en.
Please log in to comment.