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CVE-1999-1462

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-1462 describes a vulnerability in the bb-hist.sh CGI History module of Big Brother versions 1.09b and 1.09c, allowing remote attackers to read portions of arbitrary files. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that results in partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.09bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bb4:big_brother:1.09b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.09cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bb4:big_brother:1.09c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0218 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 23,703 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bb4.com / README.CHANGES
Broken Link
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/3755
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / archive/1/13440
Third Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/142
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisory