CVE-2019-2961 Privilege escalation in Solaris Operating System

Low 3.6 Published 16 Oct 2019 Updated 1 Oct 2024

A low-privileged attacker with local access can modify data and cause partial denial of service in Oracle Solaris SMF services.

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-2019-2961?

CVE-2019-2961 is a low-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 16 Oct 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: SMF services & legacy daemons). The supported version that is affected is 11. Difficult to exploit 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 and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Solaris. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.6 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2961?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2961?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-2961 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-2961 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2961 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-chj9-ffvf-49wv.