01 Record
CVE-1999-1481
Squid 2.2.STABLE5 and below, when using external authentication, allows attackers to bypass access controls via a newline in the user/password pair.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Squid 2.2.STABLE5 and below, when using external authentication, allows attackers to bypass access controls via a newline in the user/password pair.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-03-09 05:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-01 17:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-08-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 64bdf64ea54a2823a098c454ed0f8fd6ea7714a5d31d9b636609acd618c5308f
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com19991103 [squid]exploit for external authentication problemhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/33295
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsquid-proxy-auth-access(3433)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3433
- www.squid-cache.orghttp://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.2/bugs/
- www.securityfocus.com741http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/741