Security readout for executives and security teams
This is a high-severity Oracle Solaris issue in CDE affecting supported Solaris 10 and 11. A user who can log on to a Solaris host could abuse it to take over the operating system. It is not a remote internet bug by itself, but it is serious on shared, legacy, or jump-host environments. Exposure is limited to Solaris 10 or 11 systems running or containing vulnerable CDE components where untrusted or lower-privileged users can log on. Internet exposure is not required. Environments with shared shell access, administrative desktops, or legacy Solaris workloads have the clearest risk. Treat this as high priority for any Solaris estate, especially shared or legacy systems. It can turn a low-privileged local account into full operating-system compromise, but it does not appear to be a remote unauthenticated internet exposure from the provided evidence. Mitigation focus: Review Oracle April 2020 Critical Patch Update guidance for Solaris fixes.; Patch or upgrade affected Solaris 10 and 11 systems per Oracle guidance.; Restrict logon access to Solaris hosts until remediation is confirmed..
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- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H26Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
8.8HighVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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