CVE-2020-2656

Public Exploit

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: X Window System). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11. Easily exploitable 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 unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Solaris accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Solaris accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

4.4

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.13%

Vendor Advisory packetstormsecurity.com Vendor Advisory oracle.com

Affected: Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System

References

Link	Tags
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html	patch vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/23	mailing list exploit third party advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155990/Solaris-xlock-Information-Disclosure.html	patch vendor advisory exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/23	mailing list patch exploit third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/20/2	third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-2656?: CVE-2020-2656 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-2656?: To fix CVE-2020-2656, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-2656 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2020-2656 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2020-2656?: CVE-2020-2656 affects Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System.

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