Buffer overflow in Sun's ping program can give root access to local users.

NIS finger allows an attacker to conduct a denial of service via a large number of finger requests, resulting in a large number of NIS queries.

Solaris rpc.mountd generates error messages that allow a remote attacker to determine what files are on the server.

SunOS rpc.cmsd allows attackers to obtain root access by overwriting arbitrary files.

The NIS+ rpc.nisd server allows remote attackers to execute certain RPC calls without authentication to obtain system information, disable logging, or modify caches.

Teardrop IP denial of service.

A later variation on the Teardrop IP denial of service attack, a.k.a. Teardrop-2.

FTP servers can allow an attacker to connect to arbitrary ports on machines other than the FTP client, aka FTP bounce.

Land IP denial of service.

The AIX FTP client can be forced to execute commands from a malicious server through shell metacharacters (e.g. a pipe character).

In SunOS or Solaris, a remote user could connect from an FTP server's data port to an rlogin server on a host that trusts the FTP server, allowing remote command execution.

Buffer overflow in eeprom in Solaris 2.5.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

Buffer overflow in chkey in Solaris 2.5.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

Buffer overflow in Xt library of X Windowing System allows local users to execute commands with root privileges.

Buffer overflow of rlogin program using TERM environmental variable.

Arbitrary file creation and program execution using FLEXlm LicenseManager, from versions 4.0 to 5.0, in IRIX.

Jolt ICMP attack causes a denial of service in Windows 95 and Windows NT systems.

Sendmail allows local users to write to a file and gain group permissions via a .forward or :include: file.

Buffer overflow in lpr, as used in BSD-based systems including Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via a long -C (classification) command line option.

Expreserve, as used in vi and ex, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root access.