CVE-2009-1170
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.9)—
Unspecified vulnerability in Sun OpenSolaris snv_100 through snv_101 allows local users, with privileges in a non-global zone, to execute arbitrary code in the global zone when a global-zone user is using mdb on a non-global zone process.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Base score: 6.9
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.39%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 31
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
References
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-255608-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34272
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021944
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0877
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49468
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-255608-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34272
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021944
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0877
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49468
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