CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0628

Medium
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.45%

70th percentile - higher than 70% of all known CVEs

Summary

The rwho/rwhod service is running, which exposes machine status and user information.

Risk Assessment

The exposure of this information may lead to privacy violations for users and allow attackers to gather data about the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to disable the rwho/rwhod service if it is not needed to minimize the risk of information leakage.

Original NVD description (English source)

The rwho/rwhod service is running, which exposes machine status and user information.

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