CVE-2020-14545 Missing authorization in Solaris Operating System
A low-privileged attacker with local access can modify critical data or cause partial denial of service in Oracle Solaris via the Device Driver Utility.
- 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-2020-14545?
CVE-2020-14545 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 15 Jul 2020. 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 Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Device Driver Utility). 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 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 Oracle Solaris accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Solaris. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.0 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14545?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Oracle Solaris.
How do I fix CVE-2020-14545?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14545 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2020-14545 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14545 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q8w4-7mqg-63h9.