CVE-2020-2944
Status: ModifiedHigh (8.8)—💥 Exploit
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).
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Base score: 8.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.80%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 78
- 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).
💥 Public exploits
Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.
- Published on Exploit-DB · Oracle Solaris Common Desktop Environment 1.6 - Local Privilege Escalation (4/21/2020)
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-120
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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