Host ARP privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Host. Affected is an unknown function of the component ARP Handler. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-0667. Furthermore, an exploit is available. This vulnerability is historically impactful due to its background and the reception it garnered. Configuration settings should be changed.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Host (affected version unknown). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component ARP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

the arp protocol allows any host to spoof arp replies and poison the arp cache to conduct ip address spoofing or a denial of service.

The weakness was published 09/19/1997. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-1999-0667. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/17/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068. This vulnerability has a historic impact due to its background and reception.

It is declared as highly functional.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting .

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.2

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional

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MetaSploit ID: arp_poisoning.rb
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Config
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Timelineinfo

09/19/1997 🔍
09/19/1997 +0 days 🔍
06/18/2014 +6116 days 🔍
04/17/2026 +4320 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0667 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0667
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13980
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/18/2014 16:14
Updated: 04/17/2026 01:17
Changes: 06/18/2014 16:14 (36), 04/03/2019 16:49 (11), 04/17/2026 01:17 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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