CVE-2019-3010

Summary

CVECVE-2019-3010
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-10-16 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-31 19:05:00 UTC
DescriptionVulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: XScreenSaver). The supported version that is affected is 11. 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).

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.471410000 probability, percentile 0.976620000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2022-05-25; due 2022-06-15; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorOracle
ProductSolaris
NameOracle Solaris Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3010

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: CVE-2019-3010 - Local privilege escalation on Solaris 11.x via xscreensaver FULLDISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2019 MISC www.oracle.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Solaris xscreensaver Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296081 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 12.5.0 Missing (CPUJUL2019)
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