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CVE-2020-14871

CVE-2020-14871CRITICAL

Oracle Solaris and Zettabyte File System (ZFS)

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  C  H  H  H   10.0   .8016   99.6   YES

AFFECTED
  Product                   Versions  Fixed
  Solaris Operating System  10 –      —

TIMELINE
  Jun 19  Reserved by oracle
  Oct 21  Published (CNA: oracle)
  Nov 3   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-05-03

CWE-787 · CNA: oracle · CVSS v3.1 · 8 references · KEV due May 3, 2022

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).

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
June 19, 2020	Reserved	Reserved by oracle
October 21, 2020	Published	Published (CNA: oracle)
November 3, 2021	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-05-03

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Oracle Corporation	Solaris Operating System	—	10	—

Weaknesses

CWE-787

References (8)

Authoritative record: CVE-2020-14871 at cve.org

Vendors: oracle

Weaknesses: CWE-787

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