CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0168

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.74%

75th percentile - higher than 75% of all known CVEs

Summary

The portmapper may act as a proxy, redirecting service requests from an attacker, making them appear to come from the local host. This could lead to bypassing authentication that would otherwise take place.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to unauthorized access to resources, such as NFS file systems, despite existing export restrictions.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict access to the portmapper and implement additional authentication mechanisms to prevent unauthorized access.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS