Description
Various modems that do not implement a guard time, or are configured with a guard time of 0, can allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary modem commands such as ATH, ATH0, etc., via a "+++" sequence that appears in ICMP packets, the subject of an e-mail message, IRC commands, and others.
Published: 2001-09-12
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-1209 Various modems that do not implement a guard time, or are configured with a guard time of 0, can allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary modem commands such as ATH, ATH0, etc., via a "+++" sequence that appears in ICMP packets, the subject of an e-mail message, IRC commands, and others.
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Diamond Supra
Logicode Quicktel
Us Robotics Us Robotics
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.906Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1228

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Status : Modified

Published: 1998-09-27T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1228

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