What is CVE-1999-1177?

CVE-1999-1177 is a vulnerability in Lincoln D. Stein Nph-Publish. Published 1999-12-31.

Is CVE-1999-1177 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Lincoln D. Stein Nph-Publish

CVE-1999-1177

Directory traversal vulnerability in nph-publish before 1.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the pathname for an upload operation.

Published 1999-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.029 (86.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Lincoln D. Stein Nph-Publish

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Alman368/MNDefender

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2055 (vdb-entry)
www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/tools/CGI_scripts/server_publish/nph-publish (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.w3.org/Security/Faq/wwwsf4.html

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-1177?: CVE-1999-1177 is a vulnerability in Lincoln D. Stein Nph-Publish. Published 1999-12-31.
Is CVE-1999-1177 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.