What is CVE-2023-21948?

CVE-2023-21948 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-04-18.

How severe is CVE-2023-21948?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Oracle Solaris

CVE-2023-21948

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).

EPSS: 0.002 (14.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

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

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-21948?: CVE-2023-21948 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2023-21948?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.