CVE-2023-21948 Privilege escalation in Solaris Operating System

High 7.8 Published 18 Apr 2023 Updated 16 Sep 2024

A low-privileged attacker with local access can exploit this Oracle Solaris vulnerability to achieve full system takeover.

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-2023-21948?

CVE-2023-21948 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, published on 18 Apr 2023. 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: Core). The supported version that is affected is 10. Easily exploitable 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 takeover of Oracle Solaris. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-21948?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2023-21948?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-21948 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-21948 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21948 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-hf9h-6cr4-xgw3.