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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-1999-0208 in the critical feed json

rpc.ypupdated (NIS) allows remote users to execute arbitrary commands.

published 1995-12-12 30 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0208

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.9%
EPSS 12.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

rpc.ypupdated (NIS) allows remote users to execute arbitrary commands.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20259)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

12.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20259 HP-UX 10/11/ IRIX 3/4/5/6 / OpenSolaris build snv / Solaris 8/9/10 / SunOS 4.1 - 'rpc.ypupdated' Command Execution (2) remote, 1994-02-07
  • EDB-20258 HP-UX 10/11/ IRIX 3/4/5/6 / OpenSolaris build snv / Solaris 8/9/10 / SunOS 4.1 - 'rpc.ypupdated' Command Execution (1) remote, 1994-02-07

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.