VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-0006

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability12.12%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1998-07-14
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Buffer overflow in POP servers based on BSD/Qualcomm's qpopper allows remote attackers to gain root access using a long PASS command.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-125

Primary references