CVE-2018-2578
Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel).
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel). The supported version that is affected is 11.3. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Solaris, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Solaris. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.44% probability · 38th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- oracle/solaris
- Source
- secalert_us@oracle.com
EPSS 0.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.htmlPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102611Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040215Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.htmlPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102611Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040215Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.