CVE-2002-0796: Sun Solaris

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 4.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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: version 2.6 only; version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only
• Sun Sunos: affected versions not specified; version 5.6 only; version 5.7 only; version 5.8 only

Published 2002-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.