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CVE-1999-0627 [severity LOW] The rexd service is runni

ng, which uses weak authentication that can allow an attacker to execute commands. NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD) -- services.nvd.nist.gov (CVE / CVSS / CPE). {"cve":{"id":"CVE-1999-0627","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","published":"1992-03-01T05:00:00.000","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:48:45.213","vulnStatus":"Modified","cveTags":[],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"The rexd service is running, which uses weak authentication that can allow an attacker to execute commands."}],"affected":[{"source":"cve@mitre.org","affectedData":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}]}],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV2":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:N","baseScore":0.0,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","availabilityImpact":"NONE"},"baseSeverity":"LOW","exploitabilityScore":10.0,"impactScore":0.0,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}]},"weaknesses":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","description":[{"lang":"en","value":"NVD-CWE-Other"}]}],"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"CE321D29-3312-4F22-B930-1B119DA4BD27"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"DD5E0678-45C7-492A-963C-897494D6878F"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0627","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0627","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"evaluatorSolution":"The rexd service is an unsecured protocol for Internet facing systems and should only be used on a trusted network segment, otherwise disabled. The software should be patched and configured properly.","evaluatorImpact":"This Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) entry is a configuration issue and not a software flaw. As such, it doesn’t fit in the CVE software flaw list. The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score for this CVE entry has been set to 0 because this CVE entry has no impact as a software flaw according to CVSS. This does not mean that the configuration issue is not important and there may be security implications relative to computers having this configuration."}},