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CVE-2002-0573
Format string vulnerability in RPC wall daemon (rpc.rwalld) for Solaris 2.5.1 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format strings in a message that is not properly provided to the syslog function when the wall command cannot be executed.
Published: Jul 3, 2002
Modified: Jun 16, 2026
CVSS Metrics
Affected Products (6)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| sun | solaris | 2.6 |
| sun | solaris | 7.0 |
| sun | solaris | 8.0 |
| sun | sunos | - |
| sun | sunos | 5.7 |
| sun | sunos | 5.8 |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-w2pc-9pgf-c47r
Format string vulnerability in RPC wall daemon (rpc.rwalld) for Solaris 2.5.1 through 8 allows...
References (18)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0049.html
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/270268 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-10.html Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8971.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/638099 US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/778
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4639 Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A41
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A79
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0049.html
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/270268 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-10.html Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8971.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/638099 US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/778
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
7.5 / 10
EPSS Score
9.22%
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
32.8 / 100
Data Sources
NVD
EPSS
GitHub