CVEs / CVE-2020-14871
CVE-2020-14871: Oracle Solaris and Zettabyte File System (ZFS) Unspecified Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 3 Nov 2021
- high 10 CVSS 2.0 (NVD)
- EPSS 80.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
Oracle Solaris and Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Kit contain an unspecified vulnerability causing high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected systems.
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Pluggable authentication module). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Solaris. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Solaris, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Solaris. Note: This CVE is not exploitable for Solaris 11.1 and later releases, and ZFSSA 8.7 and later releases, thus the CVSS Base Score is 0.0. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 10.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System | 10 | — |
| Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System | 11 | — |
| oracle solaris | 10 | — |
| oracle solaris | 11 | — |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 3 Nov 2021 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 3 May 2022 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | Apply updates per vendor instructions. |
Severity
| CVSS 2.0 | 10 highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
References
- CVE-2020-14871 on NVD
- CVE-2020-14871 in the CISA KEV catalog
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159961/SunSSH-Solaris-10-x86-Remote-Root.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160510/Solaris-SunSSH-11.0-x86-libpam-Remote-Root.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160609/Oracle-Solaris-SunSSH-PAM-parse_user_name-Buffer-Overflow.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163232/Solaris-SunSSH-11.0-Remote-Root.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/03/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/3 Mailing List, Patch
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-14871 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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