CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0974

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
3.24%

87th percentile - higher than 87% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in Solaris snoop allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via GETQUOTA requests to the rpc.rquotad service.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can remotely gain full system privileges, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Solaris system and monitor and restrict access to the rpc.rquotad service.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in Solaris snoop allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via GETQUOTA requests to the rpc.rquotad service.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS