What is CVE-1999-0165?

CVE-1999-0165 is a vulnerability in Bsdi BSD OS. Published 1997-03-01.

Is CVE-1999-0165 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Bsdi BSD OS

CVE-1999-0165

NFS cache poisoning.

Published 1997-03-01 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (79.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Bsdi BSD OS
Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.20.1
Sun Nfs
Sun Solaris — versions 2.4
Sun Sunos — versions 3.5, 4.0, 4.0.1

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-1999-0165

References

www.cve.org/CVERecord

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-0165?: CVE-1999-0165 is a vulnerability in Bsdi BSD OS. Published 1997-03-01.
Is CVE-1999-0165 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.