Vulnerability · Published Jan 15, 2020 · Assigned by oracle
CVE-2020-2696
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Solaris Operating System from Oracle Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Common Desktop Environment). The supported version that is affected is 10. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes to compromise Oracle Solaris. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Solaris, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Solaris. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Corporation | Solaris Operating System | 10 |
References
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155963/SunOS-5.10-Generic_147148-26-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html x_refsource_MISC
- 20200117 CVE-2020-2696 - Local privilege escalation via CDE dtsession mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155991/Common-Desktop-Environment-2.3.1-Buffer-Overflow.html x_refsource_MISC
- 20200117 CVE-2020-2696 - Local privilege escalation via CDE dtsession mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
- [oss-security] 20200120 CVE-2020-2656, CVE-2020-2696 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Solaris mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST