CVE-1999-1508

Phaser Network Printer 740 vulnerability

CVSS

10.0

EPSS

8.1%

EPSS pct

94th

Exploited

No known

Web server in Tektronix PhaserLink Printer 840.0 and earlier allows a remote attacker to gain administrator access by directly calling undocumented URLs such as ncl_items.html and ncl_subjects.html.

Affected vendor

Tek

Affected product

Phaser Network Printer 740

CVSS vector

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

Published

1999-11-16

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 8.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-1999-1508

Confirm whether Tek Phaser Network Printer 740 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-1999-1508.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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