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CVE-2019-3010

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2022-05-25 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel.

  • Published2019-10-16

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Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: XScreenSaver). 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. 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. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2019-10-1618:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2019-10-21Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB
  3. 2022-05-25Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  4. 2022-05-25Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  5. 2022-05-25Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  6. 2024-09-3017:06SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Oracle solaris
BranchAffectedFixed in
11.x= 11no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As oracle, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System
    Affected
    • = 11no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2019-10-23

Fix

  1. CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2022-06-15

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-47529
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedchaizeg/privilege-escalation-breach
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/solaris/local/xscreensaver_log_priv_escrank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2022-05-25
Patch Due Date
2022-06-15
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2019-10-16
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-w255-p3v2-q6mg

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-3010?

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: XScreenSaver). 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. 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. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Is CVE-2019-3010 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2019-3010 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2022-06-15.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-3010?

CVE-2019-3010 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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