CVE-1999-0612

UNRATEDCVSS · not yet scoredElevated
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EchelonGraph verdictPatch this weekExploitation is likely or a public exploit exists.
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 67%
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 67%CVSS v2: —Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A version of finger is running that exposes valid user information to any entity on the network.

CVSS v3
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EchelonGraph score
Not yet assessedNo source has published severity data for this CVE yet — no CVSS score from NVD or a CNA, no GitHub advisory, and it is not in CISA KEV. This is not a rating of zero; we cannot assess it yet.
EG Score
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EG Risk
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EPSS PROB
67%
EPSS %ILE
99%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 1, 1997

Last Modified

June 16, 2026

References (2)

All Vendor Advisories

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Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-04 04:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-23 00:40 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-23 00:23 UTCEG score recompute▼ 6.10
  4. 2026-07-22 23:45 UTCEG score recompute▲ 6.10
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  8. 2026-05-31 23:06 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-05-31 23:06 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-05-31 23:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-1999-0612?
CVE-1999-0612 is a publicly disclosed vulnerability published on March 1, 1997. A version of finger is running that exposes valid user information to any entity on the network.
When was CVE-1999-0612 disclosed?
CVE-1999-0612 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 1, 1997, with the most recent update on June 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-1999-0612 actively exploited?
CVE-1999-0612 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 67% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 0.7% of all scored CVEs.
How do I remediate CVE-1999-0612?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-1999-0612, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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