CVE-2007-0165

Solaris 8 and 9 - Denial of Service via Malformed RPC Requests

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-0165. PoCs published by Federico L. Bossi Bonin.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a segmentation fault in the `rpcbind` service on Solaris 9 by sending a malformed XDR-encoded message to the `taddr2uaddr()` function, causing a denial-of-service condition.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in libnsl in Sun Solaris 8 and 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed RPC requests that trigger a crash in rpcbind.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Federico L. Bossi Bonin · cdossolaris
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29406

This exploit triggers a segmentation fault in the `rpcbind` service on Solaris 9 by sending a malformed XDR-encoded message to the `taddr2uaddr()` function, causing a denial-of-service condition.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Solaris 9 rpcbind
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target's rpcbind service (port 111/tcp)
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017492
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5920
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0110
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24056
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/31576
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21964
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2210
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31366
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23700
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102713-1

Scores

EPSS 0.0936
EPSS Percentile 94.8%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
sun/solaris 9.0
sun/sunos 5.8
Published Jan 10, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026