High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 15, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-2944
CVE-2020-2944
Description
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).
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 10, 11
- Range: 1.6
- Oracle Corporation/Solaris Operating Systemv5Range: 10
Patches
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References
4- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/157280/Common-Desktop-Environment-1.6-Local-Privilege-Escalation.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/15/3nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Apr/25nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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