CVE-1999-0511 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IP forwarding is enabled on a machine which is not a router or firewall.

Published: 2000-02-04

Score: 9.1 Critical

EPSS: 6.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-0509	IP forwarding is enabled on a machine which is not a router or firewall.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.06908.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0511

History

Thu, 28 May 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-200
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows Nt

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-02-04T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-05-28T17:30:57.864Z

Reserved: 1999-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-0511

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:41:45.609Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1997-01-01T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:48:33.007

Link: CVE-1999-0511

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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