CVE-2020-2696: High severity Oracle Solaris vulnerability
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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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the severity of CVE-2020-2696?
CVE-2020-2696 is considered easily exploitable and could allow a low privileged attacker to escalate privileges.
How does CVE-2020-2696 affect Oracle Solaris?
CVE-2020-2696 affects Oracle Solaris 10, allowing exploitation by attackers with logon access.
What can be done to mitigate CVE-2020-2696?
Mitigation for CVE-2020-2696 involves applying security patches provided by Oracle for affected software.
Is there a workaround for CVE-2020-2696?
Currently, no specific workaround for CVE-2020-2696 has been publicly documented.
What component is impacted by CVE-2020-2696?
CVE-2020-2696 impacts the Common Desktop Environment component of Oracle Solaris.