CVE-1999-0008

HP-UX and Solaris - Buffer Overflow in NIS+ rpc.nisd

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-1999-0008. PoCs published by HORKimhab.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The repository contains a placeholder markdown file for CVE-1999-0008, a buffer overflow in Sun's rpc.nisd (NIS+) program, but provides no functional exploit code, technical details, or proof-of-concept implementation.

Description

Buffer overflow in NIS+, in Sun's rpc.nisd program.

Exploits (1)

github STUB
by HORKimhab · shellpoc
https://github.com/HORKimhab/poc-cve-collection/tree/main/1999/0xxx/CVE-1999-0008.md

The repository contains a placeholder markdown file for CVE-1999-0008, a buffer overflow in Sun's rpc.nisd (NIS+) program, but provides no functional exploit code, technical details, or proof-of-concept implementation.

Classification
Stub 99%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Unknown
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Sun rpc.nisd (NIS+)
No auth needed
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Jul 14, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sun
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/170

Scores

EPSS 0.0387
EPSS Percentile 89.0%

Details

Status published
Products (7)
hp/hp-ux 10.34
hp/hp-ux 11.00
sun/solaris 2.6
sun/sunos 5.3
sun/sunos 5.4
sun/sunos 5.5
sun/sunos 5.5.1
Published Jun 08, 1998
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026