CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0819

Medium
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
14.82%

96th percentile - higher than 96% of all known CVEs

Summary

NTMail does not disable the VRFY command, even if the administrator has explicitly disabled it.

Risk Assessment

Leaving the VRFY command enabled may allow attackers to gather information about existing email accounts, increasing the risk of account enumeration attacks.

Recommendation

Administrators should ensure that the VRFY command is effectively disabled in the NTMail configuration.

Original NVD description (English source)

NTMail does not disable the VRFY command, even if the administrator has explicitly disabled it.

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