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CVE-2002-0573 Details

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 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0049.html	CVE
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/270268	CVE	ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A41	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A79	CVE
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-10.html	CVE	PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8971.php	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/638099	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/778	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4639	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0049.html	[email protected]
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/270268	[email protected]	ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A41	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A79	[email protected]
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-10.html	[email protected]	PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8971.php	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/638099	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/778	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4639	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
sun solaris	2.6 7.0 8.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0::x86::::: cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0::x86::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
sun sunos	5.7 5.8
CPE cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 10, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]