CVE-1999-0612

{"id": "CVE-1999-0612", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "cvssData": {"version": "2.0", "baseScore": 0.0, "accessVector": "NETWORK", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:N", "authentication": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "accessComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE"}, "acInsufInfo": false, "impactScore": 0.0, "baseSeverity": "LOW", "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "1997-03-01T05:00:00.000", "references": [{"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0612", "source": "cve@mitre.org"}, {"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0612", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}], "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "A version of finger is running that exposes valid user information to any entity on the network."}], "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:finger_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "8572DBD7-169E-4012-A5BA-4E50412526E6"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:fingerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "843643A1-2F59-4F76-8E94-B45C88806345"}], "operator": "OR"}]}, {"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "4E545C63-FE9C-4CA1-AF0F-D999D84D2AFD"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "ED27882B-A02A-4D5F-9117-A47976C676E0"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "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.", "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "evaluatorSolution": "The FTP Service should be disabled because it could reveal information about a host's users, which could be used as reconnaissance information for attacks."}