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CVE-1999-1409

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-1409 describes a local file disclosure vulnerability in the 'at' program affecting IRIX 6.2 and NetBSD 1.3.2 and earlier. A local attacker can read portions of arbitrary files by submitting a file to 'at' using the -f argument, triggering error messages containing file content that are then emailed to the user. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating low attack complexity and impact, primarily affecting confidentiality. While there is an ExploitDB entry (EDB-19261) detailing the exploit, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-19261 · Jun 27, 1998
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0095 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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

ftp.netbsd.org / pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA1998-004.txt.asc
marc.info
iss.net / security_center/static/7577.php
securityfocus.com / bid/331
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
shmoo.com / mail/bugtraq/jul98/msg00064.html
PatchVendor Advisory