{"id":"CVE-1999-0174","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-1999-0174","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:44:08.619Z","title":"The view-source CGI program allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..","description":"The view-source CGI program allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.","published":"1997-02-01T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:47:46.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["netscape/communicator"],"epss":{"score":0.06901,"percentile":0.94037,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"1997-04-16","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":20568,"kind":"exploit","title":"Skunkware 2.0 - view-source Directory Traversal","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20568","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/sco/remote/20568.txt","file":"exploits/sco/remote/20568.txt","published":"1997-04-16","added":"1997-04-16","updated":"2012-08-16","author":"myst","type":"remote","platform":"sco","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-1999-0174","OSVDB-230"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2251/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 6.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0174","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0174","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0174","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}