Vulnerability in NetBSD

CVE-1999-1409

The at program in IRIX 6.2 and NetBSD 1.3.2 and earlier allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files by submitting the file to at with the -f argument, which generates error messages that at sends to the user via e-mail.

Published 1998-07-03 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (59.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

NetBSD — versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2
Sgi Irix — versions 6.2, 6.4, 6.5

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/331 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.shmoo.com/mail/bugtraq/jul98/msg00064.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)
www.iss.net/security_center/static/7577.php (vdb-entry)
marc.info/ (mailing-list)