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CVE-1999-0511 [severity CRITICAL] IP forwarding is ena

bled on a machine which is not a router or firewall. NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD) -- services.nvd.nist.gov (CVE / CVSS / CPE). {"cve":{"id":"CVE-1999-0511","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","published":"1997-01-01T05:00:00.000","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:48:33.007","vulnStatus":"Modified","cveTags":[],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"IP forwarding is enabled on a machine which is not a router or firewall."}],"affected":[{"source":"cve@mitre.org","affectedData":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}]}],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV31":[{"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","type":"Secondary","cvssData":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","baseScore":9.1,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"NONE","availabilityImpact":"HIGH"},"exploitabilityScore":3.9,"impactScore":5.2}],"cvssMetricV2":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","baseScore":7.5,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"PARTIAL","integrityImpact":"PARTIAL","availabilityImpact":"PARTIAL"},"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitabilityScore":10.0,"impactScore":6.4,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":true,"userInteractionRequired":false}],"ssvcV203":[{"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","ssvcData":{"timestamp":"2026-05-28T17:30:53.896976Z","id":"CVE-1999-0511","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"yes"},{"technicalImpact":"total"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}]},"weaknesses":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","description":[{"lang":"en","value":"NVD-CWE-Other"}]},{"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","type":"Secondary","description":[{"lang":"en","value":"CWE-200"}]}],"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"4E545C63-FE9C-4CA1-AF0F-D999D84D2AFD"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"ED27882B-A02A-4D5F-9117-A47976C676E0"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0511","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0511","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}]}},