CVE-1999-0502
highpriority · attend · 59OT risk · highEPSS 0.533 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
26 exploits · functional
Likely / severe?
53.3% (99th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-22
A Unix account has a default, null, blank, or missing password.
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cvss
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7.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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exploits (26)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-41694SSH - User Code Execution (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- auxiliary/scanner/db2/db2_authDB2 Authentication Brute Force Utilityfunctional · metasploit
- auxiliary/scanner/ftp/ftp_loginFTP Authentication Scannerfunctional · metasploit
- auxiliary/scanner/http/dell_idracDell iDRAC Default Loginfunctional · metasploit
- auxiliary/scanner/http/dlink_dir_615h_http_loginD-Link DIR-615H HTTP Login Utilityfunctional · metasploit
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affected products (8)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 1998-03-01modified 2026-06-16
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references (2)
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