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CVE-1999-1590

Status: ModifiedLow (3.5)—
Severity3.5Low · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability1.07 %higher than 65% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Directory traversal vulnerability in Muhammad A. Muquit wwwcount (Count.cgi) 2.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary GIF files via ".." sequences in the image parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-0021.

CVSS

Base score
3.5
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
1.07 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
65
Score date
10/21/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Wwwcount — Wwwcount

CWEs

References

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