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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-1999-0493

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.

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.26%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 4.3%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.

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.

CVSS 2.0
7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
4.26% probability · 91th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 7 June 1999
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
sun/solaris · sun/sunos
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 4.26%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 4.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-19327source ↗Sun Solaris 2.5.1 - rpc.statd rpc Call Relayingsolaris · anonymousremote7 June 1999yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.