CVE-2010-1039
Format string vulnerability in the _msgout function in rpc.pcnfsd in IBM AIX 6.1, 5.3, and earlier; IBM VIOS 2.1, 1.5, and earlier;…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 18.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Format string vulnerability in the _msgout function in rpc.pcnfsd in IBM AIX 6.1, 5.3, and earlier; IBM VIOS 2.1, 1.5, and earlier; NFS/ONCplus B.11.31_09 and earlier on HP HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31; and SGI IRIX 6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an RPC request containing format string specifiers in an invalid directory name.
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.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- rpc.pcnfsd - Remote Format String (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14407remote, aixpublished 18 Jul 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By hp
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.8% · top 2.7% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References26
- 64729 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- IZ75440 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 39911 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=5088 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11986 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 40248 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1023994 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- IZ75369 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1213 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- IZ73757 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ73599 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- http://www.checkpoint.com/defense/advisories/public/2010/cpai-13-May.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20100520 HP-UX, IBM AIX, SGI IRIX Remote Vulnerability - CVE-2010-1039 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- HPSBUX02523 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12103 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- IZ75465 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ73874 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1199 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 39835 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- hpux-nfsoncplus-privilege-escalation(58718) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1024016 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1212 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1211 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/pcnfsd_advisory.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- IZ73590 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ73681 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_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-2010-1071 (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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