CVE-2018-2892 Privilege escalation in Solaris Operating System

High 7.8 Published 18 Jul 2018 Updated 2 Oct 2024

A low-privileged attacker with local access can exploit a vulnerability in the Solaris Availability Suite Service 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-2018-2892?

CVE-2018-2892 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 18 Jul 2018. 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: Availability Suite Service). 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 of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Solaris. 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-2018-2892?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2018-2892?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-2892 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-2892 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-2892 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-29gg-8679-22q3.