{"cve":"CVE-1999-0168","nvd":{"published":"1992-06-04T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T21:47:44.800","status":"Modified","description":"The portmapper may act as a proxy and redirect service requests from an attacker, making the request appear to come from the local host, possibly bypassing authentication that would otherwise have taken place.  For example, NFS file systems could be mounted through the portmapper despite export restrictions.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0168","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0168"],"products":["sun:sunos"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:33:01.030757803+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-1999-0168","score":0.01774,"percentile":0.78189,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}