CVE-2002-0573

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Format string vulnerability in RPC wall daemon (rpc.rwalld) for Solaris 2.5.1 through 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format strings in a message that is not properly provided to the syslog function when the wall command cannot be executed.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0049.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/270268Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-10.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8971.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/638099US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/778
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4639Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A41
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A79
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0049.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/270268Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-10.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8971.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/638099US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/778
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4639Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A41
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A79

Timeline

Published: Jul 3, 2002
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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