VDB-14403 · CVE-1999-0639 · SBV-4939

Host Chargen Service privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Host. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Chargen Service. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-1999-0639. In addition, an exploit is available. You should change the configuration settings.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Host (the affected version is unknown). This affects an unknown code of the component Chargen Service. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The chargen service is running.

The weakness was presented 01/01/1999. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-0639. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as functional.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Vulnerability Center (SBV-4939†). See VDB-14407, VDB-14406, VDB-14405 and VDB-14404 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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: Functional

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Recommended: Config
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Timelineinfo

01/01/1999 🔍
01/01/1999 +0 days 🔍
06/19/2014 +5648 days 🔍
04/23/2025 +3961 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0639 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0639
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14403
Vulnerability Center: 4939

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

Created: 06/20/2014 01:33
Updated: 04/23/2025 04:12
Changes: 06/20/2014 01:33 (36), 04/04/2019 07:42 (9), 07/02/2024 21:57 (17), 04/23/2025 04:12 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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