Host Promiscuous Mode privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Host. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Promiscuous Mode. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-1999-0530. In addition, an exploit is available. This vulnerability has historical importance owing to its background and reception. Modifying the configuration settings is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Host (affected version not known). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Promiscuous Mode. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

A system is operating in "promiscuous" mode which allows it to perform packet sniffing.

The weakness was presented 01/01/1999 with ISS X-Force. This vulnerability was named CVE-1999-0530. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/17/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. 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 . It is possible to mitigate the problem by adding IPsec/SSL/SSH as an encryption mechanism. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be the change of configuration settings.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (778), SecurityFocus (BID 864†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-674†). See VDB-15050 for similar entry. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Config
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Encryption: IPsec/SSL/SSH
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Timelineinfo

01/01/1999 🔍
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12/09/1999 +342 days 🔍
01/21/2003 +1139 days 🔍
06/19/2014 +4167 days 🔍
04/17/2026 +4320 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Organization: ISS X-Force
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0530 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0530
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14338
X-Force: 778
SecurityFocus: 864 - Solaris snoop (GETQUOTA) Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 674 - A system is operating in \, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/20/2014 00:45
Updated: 04/17/2026 22:15
Changes: 06/20/2014 00:45 (58), 05/08/2019 09:14 (3), 04/17/2026 22:15 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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