CVE-1999-1280

HIGH 7.5CVE-1999-1280 · Published 03/12/1998 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-1999-1280 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting exceed (hummingbird).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 66.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
exceed hummingbird	`= 6.0.1.0`	No fix yet

Description

Hummingbird Exceed 6.0.1.0 inadvertently includes a DLL that was meant for development and testing, which logs user names and passwords in cleartext in the test.log file.

References

securityfocus.com/archive/1/11512 · Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1547

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