Vulnerability in GNU Fingerd

CVE-1999-0612

A version of finger is running that exposes valid user information to any entity on the network.

Published · last modified .

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.680 (99.3th percentile), scored .

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-1999-0612: held from 0.680 to 0.680.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.680 · newest: 0.680 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-0612?
CVE-1999-0612 is a vulnerability in GNU Fingerd. Published 1997-03-01.
Is CVE-1999-0612 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.