HOMEVULNERABILITIESCVE-2010-4435
CRITICALPOC

CVE-2010-4435

NVD-CWE-noinfoPublished: January 19, 2011· Updated: Jun 16, 2026

10.0
CVSS v3.1

Official Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability, related to CDE Calendar Manager Service Daemon and RPC. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the January 2011 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from other software vendors that this affects other operating systems, such as HP-UX, or claims from a reliable third party that this is a buffer overflow in rpc.cmsd via long XDR-encoded ASCII strings in RPC call 10.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2010-4435 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.

Exploitation requires some privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.

A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit exists for CVE-2010-4435. While not yet confirmed in active campaigns, the availability of PoC code increases exploitation risk substantially.

CVSS v3.1 Vector Breakdown

Exploitability
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges Req.
User Interaction
Scope
Impact
ConfidentialityC
IntegrityC
AvailabilityC
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Vendors & Products

sun1 product(s)
sunos
Source: NVD CPE · 3 total CPE entries

Exploit & PoC Resources

POC AVAILABLEProof-of-concept code exists
Exploit-DB
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GitHub PoC Search
Community PoC repositories
Rapid7 / Metasploit
Metasploit module search
PacketStorm
Security advisories & exploits
NVD Detail
Official NIST entry
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Official Patches & Advisories

ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42984
ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/43258
ADVISORYhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2011-194091.html
ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0151
ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0352
ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/42984
ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/43258
ADVISORYhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2011-194091.html
ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0151
ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0352

All References (36)

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http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cmsd_advisory.asc
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http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02702395
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http://osvdb.org/70569
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http://secunia.com/advisories/42984Vendor Advisory
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http://secunia.com/advisories/43258Vendor Advisory
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http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8069
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http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16137Exploit
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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2011-194091.htmlVendor Advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516284/100/0/threaded
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516304/100/0/threaded
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45853
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46261
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024975
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0151Vendor Advisory
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0352Vendor Advisory

Quick Facts

CVE IDCVE-2010-4435
CVSS Score10.0 / 10
SeverityCRITICAL
WeaknessNVD-CWE-noinfo
CISA KEVNo
ExploitPOC
Affected1 vendor(s)
PublishedJan 19, 2011

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Recommended Actions

  • →Apply vendor patches immediately
  • →Monitor CVE-2010-4435 in threat intel feeds
  • →Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts
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