CVE-2009-2296

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: 2009-07-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The NFSv4 server kernel module in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_119, does not properly implement the nfs_portmon setting, which allows remote attackers to access shares, and read, create, and modify arbitrary files, via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Sun Opensolaris: through snv_95; through snv_118; snv_01, snv_02, snv_03, snv_04, snv_05, snv_06 (+110)
Sun Solaris: 10

References

http://osvdb.org/55519
http://secunia.com/advisories/35672
http://secunia.com/advisories/42550
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-139991-03-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-262668-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35546
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022492
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1747
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51450
https://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100058487
http://osvdb.org/55519
http://secunia.com/advisories/35672

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