CVE-1999-0495 describes a critical directory traversal vulnerability in SMB shares, allowing a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the file system by using ".." (dot dot) sequences. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and 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, nor any community discussion or media coverage surrounding this specific CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | n/aCNA affected |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.