CVE-2023-21896

18.04.2023, 20:15

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: NSSwitch).  Supported versions that are affected are 10 and  11. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes to compromise Oracle Solaris.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Solaris. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	NIST	7 HIGH	LOCAL	HIGH	LOW	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
oracle	CNA	7 HIGH	LOCAL	HIGH	LOW	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE	ADP	---				---
CISA-ADP	ADP	---				---

Awaiting analysis

This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 28%

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

References

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2023.html