CVE-1999-0168 describes a vulnerability in the portmapper service on SunOS systems, allowing it to act as a proxy and redirect attacker requests. This can bypass authentication, enabling unauthorized access to services like NFS. Rated as High severity (CVSS 7.5), it has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and can lead to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.3cCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.