CVE-1999-0517An SNMP community name is the default (e.g. public), null, or missing.
- 5.9MediumCVSS base score
- 28.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
An SNMP community name is the default (e.g. public), null, or missing.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules2 modules
- SNMP Enumeration Module (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/scanner/snmp/snmp_enumRank normal
- SNMP Community Login Scanner (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/scanner/snmp/snmp_loginRank normal
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 26 years later
· 26 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 28.7% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References3
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0517 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-244 (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-244/ (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-1999-0515 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-1999-0517)Record last updated .