CVE-1999-0493rpc.statd allows remote attackers to forward RPC calls to the local operating system via the SM_MON and SM_NOTIFY commands, which in turn…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 4.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Sun Solaris 2.5.1 - rpc.statd rpc Call Relaying (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 19327remote, solarispublished 7 Jun 1999Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Published
- 24 years later
· 24 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.8% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References5
- 19990103 SUN almost has a clue! (automountd) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- J-045 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- 00186 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNx_transferred
- 450 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- CA-99-05 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-1999-0492 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-1999-0493)Record last updated .