CVE-1999-0106

Finger - Denial of Service via Redirection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-1999-0106. PoCs published by HORKimhab.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The repository contains a placeholder markdown file for CVE-1999-0106, a finger redirection vulnerability that could enable finger bombs (DoS via recursive finger requests). The file lacks any technical details, exploit code, or proof-of-concept implementation.

Description

Finger redirection allows finger bombs.

Exploits (1)

github STUB
by HORKimhab · shellpoc
https://github.com/HORKimhab/poc-cve-collection/tree/main/1999/0xxx/CVE-1999-0106.md

The repository contains a placeholder markdown file for CVE-1999-0106, a finger redirection vulnerability that could enable finger bombs (DoS via recursive finger requests). The file lacks any technical details, exploit code, or proof-of-concept implementation.

Classification
Stub 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: finger daemon (in.telnetd or similar)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to a vulnerable finger daemon · Network connectivity to the target
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-1999-0106

Scores

EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 28.4%

Details

Status published
Published Mar 01, 1997
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026