Vulnerability in Sun Solaris
CVE-2001-0779
Buffer overflow in rpc.yppasswdd (yppasswd server) in Solaris 2.6, 7 and 8 allows remote attackers to gain root access via a long username.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.622 (99.2th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.622 · newest: 0.622 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sun Solaris — versions 2.6, 7.0, 8.0
- Sun Sunos — versions 5.7, 5.8
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2763 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200110041632.JAA28125@dim.ucsd.edu (mailing-list)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-008.shtml (government-resource, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:56 (signature, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6629 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:102 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/187086 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, Patch)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/327281 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2001-0779?
- CVE-2001-0779 is a vulnerability in Sun Solaris. Published 2001-10-18.
- Is CVE-2001-0779 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.