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CVE-2023-21985

Published: Apr 18, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD MITRE
7.7CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 86.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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).

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:HUI:RS:CC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-284

Affected Products

SolarisOracle Corp.
On-premDatabase
Databases / relational
Solaris Operating SystemOracle Corporation
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
solarisoracle
OS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
oracle corp.commercialUSDatabasesaka oracle
oracle corporationcommercialUSDatabasesaka oracle
oraclecommercialUSDatabasesaka oracle corp.

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2023.html
oracle.com

Timeline

Published
Apr 18, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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