High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Jan 18, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-2578
CVE-2018-2578
Description
Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel). The supported version that is affected is 11.3. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Solaris, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Solaris. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Affected products
2- Range: =11.3
- Oracle Corporation/Solaris Operating Systemv5Range: 11.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.htmlnvdPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102611nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040215nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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