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CVE-2002-0796

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in the logging component of snmpdx for Solaris 5.6 through 8 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: 2.6, 7.0, 8.0
• Sunos: 5.6, 5.7, 5.8

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102321107714554&w=2
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/219
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9241.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4932
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A114
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102321107714554&w=2
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/219
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9241.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4932
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A114

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