CVE-2017-3565 Privilege escalation in Solaris Operating System
A low-privileged attacker with local access can exploit an RBAC flaw in Solaris to gain unauthorized read and write access to critical system data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-3565?
CVE-2017-3565 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 24 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: RBAC). The supported version that is affected is 11.3. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows low 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 unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Solaris accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Solaris accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.9 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3565?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2017-3565?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3565 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-3565 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3565 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8cc9-5qc8-hvcw.