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CVE-2020-2944

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-04-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

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).

Affected products

• Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 10, 11

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157280/Common-Desktop-Environment-1.6-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Apr/25
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/15/3
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157280/Common-Desktop-Environment-1.6-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Apr/25
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/15/3
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

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