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CVE-2010-1039 in the critical feed json

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/ONC…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-1071

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
18.8%
EPSS 18.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-14407)

Exploit prediction

18.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-14407 rpc.pcnfsd - Remote Format String remote, 2010-07-18

CVSS scores

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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

Sources

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