CVE-1999-1582

High CVSS 7.5

Published 1998-07-15 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1582, 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

By design, the "established" command on the Cisco PIX firewall allows connections from one host to arbitrary ports of a target host if an alternative conduit has already been allowed, which can cause administrators to configure less restrictive access controls than intended if they do not understand this functionality.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1582

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