CVE-1999-0710

Linux vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

11.6%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

The Squid package in Red Hat Linux 5.2 and 6.0, and other distributions, installs cachemgr.cgi in a public web directory, which allows remote attackers to use it as an intermediary to connect to other systems.

Affected vendor

Redhat

Affected product

Linux

CVSS vector

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

Published

1999-07-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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