Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-0771

Title: Compaq web components directory traversal via .. allows arbitrary file read

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-1999-0771

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date May 26, 1999

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

6.24%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-0771: The web components of Compaq Management Agents and the Compaq Survey Utility allow a remote attacker to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Impacted Vendors

compaq 2

lenovo 1

Reference Links

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0771 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0771

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-0771 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19225

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 26, 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:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.