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CVE-2020-14871

Oracle — Oracle Solaris and Zettabyte File System (ZFS) Unspecified Vulnerability

Oracle · CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds write · in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03

KEV since 2021 · listed over a yearCISA KEVActively Exploited
82

EVRS 82 of 100 Urgent

Patch This Cycle

Rank 551 of 2,960 tracked

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Why it scores 82

Evidence available: 6 of 7 signals

Listed in the CISA KEV catalog, and an EPSS probability of 0.802.

  • CISA KEVApplied
  • RansomwareDid not apply
  • Vendor exploitationDid not apply
  • EPSSApplied
  • Microsoft Exploitability IndexNot applicable
  • Pre-patch disclosureNo data
  • KEV recencyDid not apply
  • CVSSApplied

The band answers “how soon”, not “how bad”. No data for: Pre-patch disclosure. Why some signals show no data

Fix

Patch or fixed version identified

CISA required action

Fixed in

solaris: update to 11.1 or later

Affected versions

  • solaris>= 10 < 11.19

Remediation

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Fixed versions from NVD.

Evidence

Each value with its source
MeasureValueSource
CVSS base scoreHow severe the flaw is in itself. It does not say how likely an attack is. 10.0 NVD
FIRST EPSSFIRST's estimate of the chance this is exploited in the next 30 days, and how that ranks against all CVEs. 0.802 (99.62nd pctl) FIRST EPSS
Actively exploitedWhether a source of record has confirmed attacks using it in the wild. Confirmed CISA KEV
Ransomware campaign useWhether CISA has seen ransomware operators use it. Unknown or none CISA KEV
CISA remediation deadlineThe date US federal agencies must have fixed or mitigated it. 2022-05-03 · KEV since 2021 · listed over a year CISA KEV
Public exploit moduleA module existing is not the same as active exploitation. Public module exists Metasploit
EUVD cross-referenceENISA's record: CVSS 10.0 (v3.1), assigned by oracle. Listed ENISA EUVD

Description

NVD

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Pluggable authentication module). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols 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. Note: This CVE is not exploitable for Solaris 11.1 and later releases, and ZFSSA 8.7 and later releases, thus the CVSS Base Score is 0.0. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 10.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

What CISA says to do

Public module

Metasploit lists a public normal-rank module for this CVE: Oracle Solaris SunSSH PAM parse_user_name() Buffer Overflow (solaris/ssh/pam_username_bof). A module existing is not the same as active exploitation; see metasploit.com.