Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-0754

Title: INN inndstart allows privilege gain via INNCONF alternate config

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-1999-0754.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date May 11, 1999

Modified Date Apr 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.74%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-0754: The INN inndstart program allows local users to gain privileges by specifying an alternate configuration file using the INNCONF environmental variable.

Impacted Vendors

isc 1

inn 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-1999-011.0.txt http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/errata/inn99_05_22.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/255 ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-1999-011.0.txt http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/errata/inn99_05_22.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/255

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

10.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-0754 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 11, 1999 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.