CVE-2020-2944

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Common Desktop Environment). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 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).

• CWE-120

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157280/Common-Desktop-Environment-1.6-Local-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Apr/25Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/15/3Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157280/Common-Desktop-Environment-1.6-Local-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Apr/25Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/15/3Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Apr 15, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified