{"id":"CVE-2018-2578","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-2578","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:05:26.542Z","title":"Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel).","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).","published":"2018-01-18T02:29:18.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:55:50.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert_us@oracle.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["oracle/solaris"],"epss":{"score":0.00444,"percentile":0.38456,"date":"2026-10-27","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 (0.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102611","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040215","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102611","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040215","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-2578","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."}