CVE-2017-3622 Privilege escalation in Solaris Operating System

High 7.8 Published 24 Apr 2017 Updated 4 Oct 2024

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Solaris CDE allows low-privileged attackers to take over the system.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2017-3622?

CVE-2017-3622 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, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Common Desktop Environment (CDE)). The supported version that is affected is 10. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Solaris. Note: CVE-2017-3622 is assigned for the "Extremeparr". CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3622?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2017-3622?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3622 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-3622 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-3622 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.

All Oracle Solaris vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j6c4-cg47-wc3x.