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CVSSv2

CVE-1999-0492

Published: 23/04/1999 Updated: 17/08/2022
CVSS v2 Base Score: 10 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 1000
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

The ffingerd 1.19 allows remote malicious users to identify users on the target system based on its responses.

Vulnerability Trend

Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/1841/info A vulnerability in Ffingerd version 119, the popular remote user-information server, which allows a remote user to determine whether or not a given username exists on the system Normally, if a user has declined to be open to finger requests, a finger attempt will elicit this response: 'That u ...