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CVE-1999-0612

A version of finger is running that exposes valid user information to any entity on the network.

A version of finger is running that exposes valid user information to any entity on the network.

EPSS 0.25185
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 4% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

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gnu finger serviceall versions
gnu fingerdall versions
microsoft windows 2000all versions
microsoft windows ntall versions
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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

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snort-communityPROTOCOL-FINGER null requestattempted-recon
snort-communityPROTOCOL-FINGER cybercop queryattempted-recon
snort-communitySERVER-WEBAPP finger accessattempted-recon
snort-communityPROTOCOL-FINGER / execution attemptattempted-recon
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productmediumWow6432Node Windows NT CurrentVersion Autorun Keys Modification
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Scoring & Timeline

Published to NVD01 Mar 1997 · 05:00 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0612
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