CVE-2018-2717 Privilege escalation in Solaris Operating System

Medium 6.6 Published 18 Jan 2018 Updated 3 Oct 2024

A low-privileged attacker with local access can compromise Solaris SPARC systems to read, modify, or delete critical 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-2018-2717?

CVE-2018-2717 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 18 Jan 2018. 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: SPARC Platform). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 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. 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 6.6 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-2717?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2717?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2717 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-2717 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2717 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-jp9r-v839-g568.