Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-1999-0492. PoCs published by Eilon Gishri.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an information leakage vulnerability in Ffingerd 1.19, where the presence or absence of a trailing period in error messages reveals whether a username exists on the system.
Description
The ffingerd 1.19 allows remote attackers to identify users on the target system based on its responses.
Exploits (1)
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by Eilon Gishri · textremoteunix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20327
This is a writeup describing an information leakage vulnerability in Ffingerd 1.19, where the presence or absence of a trailing period in error messages reveals whether a username exists on the system.
Classification
Writeup 100%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target:
Ffingerd 1.19
No auth needed
Prerequisites:
network access to the target system's finger service
MITRE ATT&CK
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026
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References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0492
Scores
EPSS
0.0919
EPSS Percentile
94.7%
Details
Status
published
Published
Apr 23, 1999
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026