CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-3629

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite, affecting the kernel, allows a low privileged attacker to take control of the Solaris system. Affected versions are 10 and 11.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with access to the Solaris infrastructure can easily exploit this vulnerability, leading to system takeover. This may result in serious consequences for the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Solaris system to the latest version to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability. Additionally, monitoring access to the infrastructure and implementing appropriate security measures is advised.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Solaris. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS