Host RPC Portmapper Service privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Host and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component RPC Portmapper Service. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-1999-0632. Additionally, an exploit exists. Configuration settings should be changed.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Host (the affected version is unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component RPC Portmapper Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The RPC portmapper service is running.

The weakness was released 01/01/1999 with Secure Network. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0632. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20759 (RPC rpcbind Non-standard Port Assignment Filter Bypass), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family RPC and running in the context r.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting . Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 566.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (20759), SecurityFocus (BID 205†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-428†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-13910. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional

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Nessus ID: 20759
Nessus Name: RPC rpcbind Non-standard Port Assignment Filter Bypass
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Config
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Timelineinfo

06/04/1997 🔍
01/01/1999 +576 days 🔍
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12/19/2002 +1448 days 🔍
05/25/2007 +1618 days 🔍
06/19/2014 +2582 days 🔍
04/18/2026 +4321 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Organization: Secure Network
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0632 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0632
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14396
SecurityFocus: 205 - Solaris rpcbind Listening on a Non-Standard Port Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 428 - CVE Id, Info

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/20/2014 01:29
Updated: 04/18/2026 02:56
Changes: 06/20/2014 01:29 (65), 05/06/2019 18:12 (3), 04/18/2026 02:56 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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