CVE-2010-1039
highpriority · attend · 57EPSS 0.202 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Format string vulnerability in the _msgout function in rpc.pcnfsd in IBM AIX 6.1, 5.3, and earlier; IBM VIOS 2.1, 1.5, and earlier; NFS/ONCplus B.11.31_09 and earlier on HP HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31; and SGI IRIX 6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an RPC request containing format string specifiers in an invalid directory name.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-14407rpc.pcnfsd - Remote Format Stringfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (43)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (52)
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- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/pcnfsd_advisory.ascenisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127428077629933&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/64729enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39835enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39911enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024016enisa_euvd
- http://www.checkpoint.com/defense/advisories/public/2010/cpai-13-May.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ73590enisa_euvd
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