CVE-1999-0687 describes a critical vulnerability in the ToolTalk ttsession daemon, affecting products from vendors like CDE, Digital, IBM, and Sun. This flaw stems from weak RPC authentication, enabling a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low access complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cde:cde:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cde:cde:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cde:cde:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cde:cde:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cde:cde:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.