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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...

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