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CVE-2017-3629

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3629 is a critical vulnerability within the Kernel subcomponent of Oracle Solaris versions 10 and 11. This easily exploitable flaw allows a low-privileged attacker with local logon access to fully compromise the Solaris system, leading to complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS 3.0 score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction. Exploit code, including Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries, is publicly available, though there is currently no evidence of active exploitation in the wild or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Solaris RSH Stack Clash Privilege Escalation · Jun 19, 2017
ExploitDB: EDB-45625 · Oct 16, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0508 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

exploit-db.com / exploits/42270
exploit-db.com / exploits/45625
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/alert-cve-2017-3629-3757403.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99150
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry