CVE-2020-2944 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Oracle Solaris versions 10 and 11, specifically within the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) component. With a CVSS v3.0 score of 8.8 (High), it allows a low-privileged attacker with local logon access to fully compromise the Oracle Solaris system, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild, a public exploit (EDB-48359) exists, and it has received some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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