THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-1480
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2008-1480

Solaris vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
5.7%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
rpc.metad in Sun Solaris 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed RPC request.
Affected vendor
Sun
Affected product
Solaris
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2008-03-24

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-1480

  • Confirm whether Sun Solaris is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-1480.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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