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CVE-1999-1020

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-1020 describes a vulnerability in Novell Netware NDS 5.99 where unauthenticated clients can gain Read access to the NDS tree. This allows remote attackers to retrieve sensitive information, including user accounts, groups, and other readable objects, using tools like CX.EXE and NLIST.EXE. The vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is an ExploitDB entry detailing default NDS rights, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:4.11:sp5b:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-19365 · Apr 9, 1999
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0713 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/1364
securityfocus.com / bid/484
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory