VDB-14408 · CVE-1999-0644 · SBV-949

Host NNTP News Service privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Host. This impacts an unknown function of the component NNTP News Service. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-1999-0644. In addition, an exploit is available. Changing the configuration settings is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Host (affected version not known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component NNTP News Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: None. Reason: this candidate is solely about a configuration that does not directly introduce security vulnerabilities, so it is more appropriate to cover under the Common Configuration Enumeration (CCE). Notes: the former description is: "The NNTP news service is running."

The weakness was presented 01/01/1999. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0644. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is declared as highly functional.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting .Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling tcp/119 (nntp). The best possible mitigation is suggested to be the change of configuration settings.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Vulnerability Center (SBV-949†). See VDB-14412, VDB-14411, VDB-14410 and VDB-14409 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.8
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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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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-1999-0644 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0644
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14408
Vulnerability Center: 949

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

Created: 06/20/2014 01:36
Updated: 04/23/2025 04:12
Changes: 06/20/2014 01:36 (40), 06/11/2024 06:45 (16), 04/23/2025 04:12 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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