CVE-1999-0105

finger - Denial of Service via Recursive Search with Long @ Symbol String

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-1999-0105. PoCs published by HORKimhab.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The repository contains a placeholder markdown file for CVE-1999-0105, describing a vulnerability in the 'finger' utility that allows recursive searches via a long string of '@' symbols. However, no functional exploit code or technical details are provided.

Description

finger allows recursive searches by using a long string of @ symbols.

Exploits (1)

github STUB

by HORKimhab · shellpoc

https://github.com/HORKimhab/poc-cve-collection/tree/main/1999/0xxx/CVE-1999-0105.md

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The repository contains a placeholder markdown file for CVE-1999-0105, describing a vulnerability in the 'finger' utility that allows recursive searches via a long string of '@' symbols. However, no functional exploit code or technical details are provided.

Classification

Stub 95%

Attack Type

Info Leak

Complexity

Trivial

Reliability

Theoretical

Target: finger utility (unspecified version)

No auth needed

Prerequisites: access to a vulnerable 'finger' service

MITRE ATT&CK

T1005 - Data from Local System T1552 - Unsecured Credentials

mistral-large-3 · analyzed Jul 15, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Various Sources x_refsource_misc

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0105

Scores

EPSS 0.0037

EPSS Percentile 29.4%

Details

Status published

Published Mar 01, 1997

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026