CVE-2010-1039
Format string vulnerability in the _msgout function in rpc.pcnfsd in IBM AIX 6.1, 5.3, and earlier; IBM VIOS 2.1, 1.5, and earlier; NFS/ONCplus B.11.31_09 and earlier on HP HP-UX B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31; and SGI IRIX 6.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an RPC request containing format string specifiers in an invalid directory name.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-134
- EPSS score
- 18.8% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-1071)
- Published
- May 20, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-1071 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- hp / hp-ux
- hp / hp-ux
- hp / hp-ux
- hp / nfs/oncplus
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- sgi / irix
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/pcnfsd_advisory.asc
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127428077629933&w=2(Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/64729
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39835(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39911
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024016
- http://www.checkpoint.com/defense/advisories/public/2010/cpai-13-May.html
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ73590
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ73599
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ73681
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ73757
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ73874
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ75369
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ75440
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ75465
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511405/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40248(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023994
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1199(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1211(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1212(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1213(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=5088
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58718
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11986
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12103
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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