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CVE-1999-1174

ZIP drive for Iomega ZIP-100 disks allows attackers with physical access to the drive to bypass...

4.6 Medium

ZIP drive for Iomega ZIP-100 disks allows attackers with physical access to the drive to bypass password protection by inserting a known disk with a known password, waiting for the ZIP drive to power down, manually replacing the known disk with the target disk, and using the known password to access the target disk.

Exploit likelihood

0.35%Down 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.6

ZIP drive for Iomega ZIP-100 disks allows attackers with physical access to the drive to bypass password protection by inserting a known disk with a known password, waiting for the ZIP drive to power down, manually replacing the known disk with the target disk, and using the known password to access the target disk.

Record
CVE-1999-1174
CVSS 2.0
4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

ZIP drive for Iomega ZIP-100 disks allows attackers with physical access to the drive to bypass password protection by inserting a known disk with a known password, waiting for the ZIP drive to power down, manually replacing the known disk with the target disk, and using the known password to access the target disk.

Record
CVE-1999-1174
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-1999-1155 No score

ZIP drive for Iomega ZIP-100 disks allows attackers with physical access to the drive to bypass password protection by inserting a known disk with a known password, waiting for the ZIP drive to power down, manually replacing the known disk with the target disk, and using the known password to access the target disk.

Record
EUVD-1999-1155
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x6rf-984m-fvfr No score

ZIP drive for Iomega ZIP-100 disks allows attackers with physical access to the drive to bypass...

ZIP drive for Iomega ZIP-100 disks allows attackers with physical access to the drive to bypass password protection by inserting a known disk with a known password, waiting for the ZIP drive to power down, manually replacing the known disk with the target disk, and using the known password to access the target disk.

Record
GHSA-x6rf-984m-fvfr
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-1999-1174 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Iomega Zip 100 Mb Drive, published September 12, 2001. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 29th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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