{"id":"CVE-1999-0493","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-1999-0493","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:47:48.492Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"1999-06-07T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:48:31.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["sun/solaris","sun/sunos"],"epss":{"score":0.04257,"percentile":0.90996,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"1999-06-07","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":19327,"kind":"exploit","title":"Sun Solaris 2.5.1 - rpc.statd rpc Call Relaying","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19327","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/solaris/remote/19327.c","file":"exploits/solaris/remote/19327.c","published":"1999-06-07","added":"1999-06-07","updated":"2012-06-21","author":"anonymous","type":"remote","platform":"solaris","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-1999-0493","OSVDB-1003"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/450/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91547759121289&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/186&type=0&nav=sec.sba","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-05-statd-automountd.html","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-045.shtml","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/450","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91547759121289&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/186&type=0&nav=sec.sba","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-05-statd-automountd.html","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-045.shtml","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/450","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0493","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}