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CVE-1999-0150

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FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-0150 describes a critical vulnerability in the Perl fingerd program, specifically affecting gnu fingerd, which permits remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:fingerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0395 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 finger 0.17-4 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: 0.17-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 finger 0.17-4 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 0.17-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19246-16820Fixed in: 0.17-4
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19247-16823Fixed in: 0.17-4

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft1999-Sep/CVE-1999-0150Important

The Perl fingerd program allows arbitrary command execution from remote users.

Sep 2, 1999

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0150