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CVE-1999-1562

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-1562 describes a vulnerability in gFTP FTP client versions prior to 2.0.0, where passwords are logged in plaintext within the log window or a log file. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) requires local access (AV:L) and no authentication (Au:N) to potentially compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:P/I:P/A:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this older CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gftp:ftp_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gftp:ftp_client:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 3,049 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

debian.org / security/2001/dsa-084
securityfocus.com / archive/1/26915
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/3446