CVE-1999-1524

Medium CVSS 5

Published 1999-08-07 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1524, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

FlowPoint DSL router firmware versions prior to 3.0.8 allows a remote attacker to exploit a password recovery feature from the network and conduct brute force password guessing, instead of limiting the feature to the serial console port.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1524

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N