VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-1999-0168
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.77%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1992-06-04
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
The portmapper may act as a proxy and redirect service requests from an attacker, making the request appear to come from the local host, possibly bypassing authentication that would otherwise have taken place. For example, NFS file systems could be mounted through the portmapper despite export restrictions.