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CVE-1999-0208

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1995-12-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

rpc.ypupdated (NIS) allows remote users to execute arbitrary commands.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 3.2, 4.1
• NEC Asl Ux 4800: all versions
• NEC Ews-Ux V: all versions
• NEC Up-Ux V: all versions
• Sgi Irix: 3, 4, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0208
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0208

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