Description
The portmapper may act as a proxy and redirect service requests from an attacker, making the request appear to come from the local host, possibly bypassing authentication that would otherwise have taken place. For example, NFS file systems could be mounted through the portmapper despite export restrictions.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0168
Scores
EPSS
0.0054
EPSS Percentile
67.9%
Details
Status
published
Products (2)
sun/sunos
4.1.3
sun/sunos
4.1.3c
Published
Jun 04, 1992
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026