CVE-1999-1030 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.1% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
counter.exe 2.70 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (hang) via an HTTP request that ends in %0A (newline), which causes a malformed entry in the counter log that produces an access violation.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.14% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 1999-05-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| behold software | web page counter |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Behold! Software Web Page Counter 2.7 - Denial of Service | 1999-05-19 |
References
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