CVE-2008-1480
mediumpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.062 · 94 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · functional
Likely / severe?
6.21% (94th) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-23
rpc.metad in Sun Solaris 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed RPC request.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
4.3
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.3
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
CWE-20USLLM-inferred
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-5258SunOS 5.10 Sun Cluster - 'rpc.metad' Denial of Service (PoC)functional · exploit_db
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affected products (3)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
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also known as (2)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
published 2008-03-24modified 2026-06-16
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references (20)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29418enisa_euvd
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-249146-1enisa_euvd
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-015.htmenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28261enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019652enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0918/referencesenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0206enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41224enisa_euvd
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