CVE-1999-0678 describes a misconfiguration vulnerability in Apache on Debian GNU/Linux, where the default ServerRoot setting of /usr/doc allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read server documentation files. This medium severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) has a low attack complexity and only impacts confidentiality, as attackers can access sensitive information without authentication. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-19253) is available, though there is no evidence of Metasploit or Nuclei modules, nor significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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