Vulnerability in Oracle Solaris
CVE-2022-21461
Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Kernel). The supported version that is affected is 11. 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 unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Solaris accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
EPSS: 0.003 (17.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11
- Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System — versions 11
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-21461?
- CVE-2022-21461 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-04-19.
- How severe is CVE-2022-21461?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-21461 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.