What is CVE-2023-21896?

CVE-2023-21896 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2023-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2023-21896?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Oracle Solaris

CVE-2023-21896

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: NSSwitch). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 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 takeover of Oracle Solaris. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.002 (6.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Oracle Solaris — versions 10, 11
Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System — versions 10, 11

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-21896?: CVE-2023-21896 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2023-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2023-21896?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.