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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2008-1480 json

rpc.metad in Sun Solaris 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed RPC request.

published 2008-03-24 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1482

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.2%
EPSS 6.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

rpc.metad in Sun Solaris 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed RPC request.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-5258)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-5258 SunOS 5.10 Sun Cluster - 'rpc.metad' Denial of Service (PoC) dos, 2008-03-14
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28261 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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