High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 15, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-2696
CVE-2020-2696
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Common Desktop Environment). The supported version that is affected is 10. 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).
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Affected products
3- Range: 10
- Oracle Corporation/Solaris Operating Systemv5Range: 10
Patches
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References
6- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/155963/SunOS-5.10-Generic_147148-26-Local-Privilege-Escalation.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/155991/Common-Desktop-Environment-2.3.1-Buffer-Overflow.htmlnvdExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/24nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/22nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/20/2nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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