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CVE-1999-0493

critical

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.

References

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-05-statd-automountd.html

http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/186&type=0&nav=sec.sba

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/450

http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-045.shtml

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91547759121289&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1999-06-07

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04257