$ cve CVE-1999-0771 JSON

CVE-1999-0771 EXPLOIT

5.0

MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 6.2% (pctl 93)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

The web components of Compaq Management Agents and the Compaq Survey Utility allow a remote attacker to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Scoring

CVSS	5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS	6.24% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	1999-05-26
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (2)

Vendor	Product
compaq	insight management agent
compaq	power management

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Compaq Client Management Agents 3.70/4.0 / Insight Management Agents 4.21 A/4.22 A/4.30 A / Intelligent Cluster Administrator 1.0 / Management Agents for Workstations 4.20 A / Server Management Agents 4.23 / Survey Utility 2.0 - Web File Access	1999-05-25

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0771
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0771

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