fkie_cve-1999-0612
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
1997-03-01 05:00
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
A version of finger is running that exposes valid user information to any entity on the network.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0612
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0612
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu finger_service *
gnu fingerd *
microsoft windows_2000 *
microsoft windows_nt *


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              "vulnerable": true
            },
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  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "A version of finger is running that exposes valid user information to any entity on the network."
    }
  ],
  "evaluatorImpact": "This Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) entry is a configuration issue and not a software flaw. As such, it doesn\u2019t fit in the CVE software flaw list. The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score for this CVE entry has been set to 0 because this CVE entry has no impact as a software flaw according to CVSS. This does not mean that the configuration issue is not important and there may be security implications relative to computers having this configuration.",
  "evaluatorSolution": "The FTP Service should be disabled because it could reveal information about a host\u0027s users, which could be used as reconnaissance information for attacks.",
  "id": "CVE-1999-0612",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
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        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "LOW",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "LOW",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 0.0,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:N",
          "version": "2.0"
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        "exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
        "impactScore": 0.0,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
        "userInteractionRequired": false
      }
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  },
  "published": "1997-03-01T05:00:00.000",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0612"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0612"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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          "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"
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      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
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    }
  ]
}


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