CVE-1999-1499

lowpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.007 · 53 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

0.69% (53rd) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

named in ISC BIND 4.9 and 8.1 allows local users to destroy files via a symlink attack on (1) named_dump.db when root kills the process with a SIGINT, or (2) named.stats when SIGIOT is used.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

2.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v2.01.9lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USLLM-inferredCWE-59USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-19072ISC BIND 4.9.7 -T1B - named SIGINT / SIGIOT Symlinkfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
isc bind= 4.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind= 8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 1998-04-10modified 2026-06-16

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/8966 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/8966ExploitVendor Advisorynvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80ExploitPatchVendor Advisorynvd

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