VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-0791
Hybrid Network cable modems do not include an authentication mechanism for administration, allowing remote attackers to compromise the system through the HSMP protocol.
HIGH 10.0EPSS 3.77%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.77%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Hybrid Network cable modems do not include an authentication mechanism for administration, allowing remote attackers to compromise the system through the HSMP protocol.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 3.77% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- hybrid network/hsmp · hybrid network/cable modem
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.