CVE-2008-1480

Solaris 10 - Denial of Service via Malformed RPC Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-1480. PoCs published by kingcope.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in SunOS 5.10's rpc.metad service by sending a malformed RPC request. It leverages the RPC protocol to trigger instability in the service.

Description

rpc.metad in Sun Solaris 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed RPC request.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by kingcope · cdossolaris
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5258

This exploit targets a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in SunOS 5.10's rpc.metad service by sending a malformed RPC request. It leverages the RPC protocol to trigger instability in the service.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: SunOS 5.10 Sun Cluster rpc.metad
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target's rpc.metad service
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-249146-1
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29418
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5258
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0206
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41224
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28261
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019652
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5698
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0918/references

Scores

EPSS 0.0621
EPSS Percentile 92.6%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
sun/solaris 10
sun/sunos 5.10
Published Mar 24, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026