{"id":"CVE-2009-3183","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-3183","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:40:43.586Z","title":"Heap-based buffer overflow in w in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_124, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.","description":"Heap-based buffer overflow in w in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_124, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.","published":"2009-09-14T16:30:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:11:06.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["sun/opensolaris","sun/solaris"],"epss":{"score":0.00386,"percentile":0.32427,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/58110","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-113718-04-1","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266348-1","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://unsecurityresearch.blogspot.com/2009/02/advisories-published.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53188","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/58110","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-113718-04-1","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-266348-1","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://unsecurityresearch.blogspot.com/2009/02/advisories-published.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53188","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3183","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}