CVE-1999-0493 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.3% (pctl 91)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
rpc.statd allows remote attackers to forward RPC calls to the local operating system via the SM_MON and SM_NOTIFY commands, which in turn could be used to remotely exploit other bugs such as in automountd.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 4.26% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 1999-06-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| sun | solaris |
| sun | sunos |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Sun Solaris 2.5.1 - rpc.statd rpc Call Relaying | 1999-06-07 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91547759121289&w=2
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/186&type=0&nav=sec.sba
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-05-statd-automountd.html
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-045.shtml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/450
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91547759121289&w=2
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/186&type=0&nav=sec.sba
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-05-statd-automountd.html
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-045.shtml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/450
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