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CVE-2001-0236

78
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0236 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the snmpXdmid SNMP to DMI mapper daemon within Sun Solaris and SunOS operating systems. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with maximum privileges by sending a specially crafted, long "indication" event. With a CVSS score of 10.0 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100, the vulnerability poses a severe threat due to its network-based attack vector and complete compromise potential. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, including a Metasploit module, indicating a high potential for exploitation despite a lack of observed active exploitation or community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
72.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-20648 · Mar 15, 2001
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7204 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/6245
sunsolve.sun.com / pub-cgi/retrieve.pl
cert.org / advisories/CA-2001-05.html
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/l-065.shtml
securityfocus.com / bid/2417
Vendor Advisory