{"id":"CVE-2019-3010","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-3010","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:18:10.967Z","title":"Oracle Solaris Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","description":"Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: XScreenSaver). The supported version that is affected is 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes 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. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).","published":"2019-10-16T18:15:34.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:35:03.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"secalert_us@oracle.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["oracle/solaris"],"epss":{"score":0.13399,"percentile":0.96396,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-05-25","dueDate":"2022-06-15","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3010"},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2019-10-21","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":47529,"kind":"exploit","title":"Solaris 11.4 - xscreensaver Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47529","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/solaris/local/47529.txt","file":"exploits/solaris/local/47529.txt","published":"2019-10-21","added":"2019-10-21","updated":"2019-10-21","author":"Marco Ivaldi","type":"local","platform":"solaris","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2019-3010"],"tags":"Local","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154960/Solaris-xscreensaver-Privilege-Escalation.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Oct/39","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert_us@oracle.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154960/Solaris-xscreensaver-Privilege-Escalation.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Oct/39","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-3010","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3010","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."}