CVE-2020-14871
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2020-14871 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2020-10-21 15:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2022-06-03 18:47:00 UTC |
| Description | Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Pluggable authentication module). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols 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. Note: This CVE is not exploitable for Solaris 11.1 and later releases, and ZFSSA 8.7 and later releases, thus the CVSS Base Score is 0.0. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 10.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H). |
Risk And Classification
EPSS: 0.888720000 probability, percentile 0.995160000 (date 2026-04-01)
CISA KEV: Listed on 2021-11-03; due 2022-05-03; ransomware use Unknown
Problem Types: CWE-787
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
| Vendor | Oracle |
|---|---|
| Product | Solaris and Zettabyte File System (ZFS) |
| Name | Oracle Solaris and Zettabyte File System (ZFS) Unspecified Vulnerability |
| Required Action | Apply updates per vendor instructions. |
| Notes | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14871 |
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solaris SunSSH 11.0 x86 libpam Remote Root ≈ Packet Storm | MISC | packetstormsecurity.com | Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2020 | MISC | www.oracle.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Oracle Solaris SunSSH PAM parse_user_name() Buffer Overflow ≈ Packet Storm | MISC | packetstormsecurity.com | Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| oss-security - Announce: OpenSSH 8.5 released | MLIST | www.openwall.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Solaris SunSSH 11.0 Remote Root ≈ Packet Storm | MISC | packetstormsecurity.com | |
| SunSSH Solaris 10 x86 Remote Root ≈ Packet Storm | MISC | packetstormsecurity.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| 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 |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.