Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain local logon to Solaris host
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ExploitInvoke vulnerable Utility component
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ImpactFull OS takeover (C/I/A)
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Least privilege enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires local access: the attacker must be able to log on to or execute code on the host running Oracle Solaris 11.3 or 11.4, specifically reaching the 'Utility' component - the AV:L vector rules out remote network exploitation. No user interaction is required and attack complexity is low once local access exists. The chief limiting factors are (1) the need for a local foothold/account on the Solaris host and (2) applicability only to versions 11.3 and 11.4; note Oracle marks this PR:N despite requiring infrastructure logon, so in practice at least a local account is typically needed. No specific non-default configuration is named in the advisory. |
| Impact | Signals are mixed and point to a moderate, not top-tier, priority. The Oracle CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, base 8.4) describes a local, low-complexity attack with no user interaction that yields full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise (OS takeover). The critical limiter is AV:L: this is NOT remotely exploitable over the network - the attacker must already be able to run code/log on to the host. Note a conflict in the source data: Oracle scores PR:N (no privileges) yet the description states the attacker needs 'logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Solaris executes,' which implies possession of a local account; Oracle's convention of marking such local-account prerequisites as PR:N likely understates the real privilege requirement - verify with Oracle. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit (POC) were provided in the input, so there is no evidence of active or at-scale exploitation; SSVC inputs (exploitation status, automatability) are also absent. Net: a high-CVSS local privilege-escalation/takeover bug that matters most for multi-user Solaris hosts, but the local-only vector plus absence of KEV/EPSS/POC signals makes this a patch-in-normal-cycle item rather than an emergency, absent local-access exposure in your environment. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already holds a low-privilege local account (or has gained an initial foothold) on a Solaris 11.3 or 11.4 host invokes the vulnerable Utility component and, because the flaw is low-complexity and needs no user interaction, escalates to full control of the operating system. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data. The local attack vector means this cannot be triggered remotely over the network - the attacker must first reach the host. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 20, 2026
Oracle Solaris 11.3 and 11.4 can be fully taken over by an attacker who can already log on to the host, through a flaw in the operating system's 'Utility' component. Exploitation yields high confidentiality, integrity and availability impact - effectively a complete loss of control of the Solaris system - but it requires a local foothold: the CVSS vector is AV:L, and our assessed vector (PR:L) indicates at least a low-privileged local account is needed, contrary to Oracle's PR:N labelling. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and the CVE is not in CISA KEV; with low attack complexity and no user interaction, however, the step from local access to full compromise is short.
RemediationAI
Apply the fix from Oracle's October 2026 Critical Patch Update advisory (https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html), which is the vendor channel that covers Solaris 11.3 and 11.4; the exact Solaris SRU/kernel patch number is not specified in the data available for this analysis, so confirm the precise patch ID against that advisory before rollout. If the CPU cannot be applied immediately, reduce exposure by treating local access as the security boundary: audit and remove unused or non-essential local accounts and shells on Solaris 11.3/11.4 hosts, restrict interactive logon on multi-tenant or jump-host systems to named administrators, and log/alert on suspicious execution of privileged utilities (auditing setuid binaries and shell history) - the trade-off is reduced operational flexibility for legitimate local users and additional audit-log volume. Do not attempt to strip setuid bits or disable Utility component binaries as a blanket workaround: these utilities are used by system services and patch/package operations, and disabling them will break administration and possibly boot or upgrade paths. Note also that the vendor scored this PR:N while the practical precondition is a local account, so perimeter controls alone will not mitigate it - the fix must be applied on every in-scope host. No public exploit code or KEV listing was identified at time of analysis, which supports scheduled rather than emergency patching, but does not remove the need to patch.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Oracle Solaris is a proprietary UNIX operating system, and the affected surface here is its 'Utility' component - the collection of bundled system utilities and helper binaries that ship with the base OS (which on Solaris commonly includes privileged/setuid executables and local system services). The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H describes a locally reachable flaw that needs no user interaction and no special conditions beyond reaching the vulnerable code path once a foothold exists, with scope unchanged but full impact on all three pillars - the classic signature of a local privilege-escalation or local code-execution defect in a system utility that runs with elevated rights. Our assessment adjusts the privileges-required metric to PR:L, which is the realistic reading: Oracle's own description states the attacker needs logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes, so a local account is a practical prerequisite even though the vendor scored it PR:N. No CWE identifier was supplied in the source data, so the precise root-cause class (e.g., insufficient validation in a privileged utility, unsafe temp-file or environment handling, or a memory-safety defect) cannot be confirmed from the available inputs; the absence of a CWE should be treated as a data gap, not as evidence that the defect is benign. CPE data was not provided, so affected-product identification rests on the vendor's explicit version list.
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Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Local vector and low complexity per Oracle; PR:L chosen because the description requires a logon account to the host, not fully unauthenticated access; full C/I/A takeover.
Primary rating from Vendor (oracle).
CVSS VectorVendor: oracle
DescriptionCVE.org
Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Utility). Supported versions that are affected are 11.3 and 11.4. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated 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 8.4 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Executive ViewAI
Oracle Solaris 11.3 and 11.4 systems are exposed to a local privilege-escalation flaw that allows anyone holding an existing low-privileged account to take complete control of the host, compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of every workload that system supports. The exposure is not remote: risk concentrates on insider misuse, shared or stale local accounts, and attackers who have already established a foothold on a Solaris server or jump host. Because no vendor patch is currently available, leadership should treat this as an access-containment and monitoring problem across the Solaris estate rather than a routine patching item.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis; restrict local logon on Solaris 11.3 and 11.4 to essential trusted administrators, eliminate unnecessary and shared local accounts, enforce least privilege through RBAC and sudo profiles, enable Solaris auditing with alerting on privilege-escalation behavior, and isolate or tightly segment affected hosts until an Oracle fix is available.
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Attack Technique
Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.
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