CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0515

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
1.86%

76th percentile - higher than 76% of all known CVEs

Summary

An unrestricted remote trust relationship for Unix systems has been set up, e.g. by using a + sign in /etc/hosts.equiv.

Risk Assessment

This configuration may allow unauthorized users to access the system, posing a serious threat to data security.

Recommendation

It is recommended to remove unsafe entries in the /etc/hosts.equiv file and implement restrictive access policies.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

An unrestricted remote trust relationship for Unix systems has been set up, e.g. by using a + sign in /etc/hosts.equiv.

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