Vulnerability · Published Apr 18, 2023 · Assigned by oracle

CVE-2023-21985

High 7.7

In plain English

A high-severity improper access control 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 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.7High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Utility). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes to compromise Oracle Solaris. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Solaris, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Solaris. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.7 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Oracle Corporation	Solaris Operating System	1011

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Oracle Advisory vendor-advisory