CVE-2020-2927

Local takeover through undisclosed desktop flaw

Published Apr 15, 2020 · Updated Sep 27, 2024

Privilege escalation in Oracle Solaris 10 and 11 Common Desktop Environment allows local users to take over the system. Oracle has not disclosed the affected program, entry point, or unsafe operation within the Common Desktop Environment. Exploitation requires a low-privileged account and high-complexity local conditions, but successful exploitation grants control beyond the vulnerable system's security scope.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.36%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Privilege escalation in Oracle Solaris 10 and 11 Common Desktop Environment allows local users to take over the system. Oracle has not disclosed the affected program, entry point, or unsafe operation within the Common Desktop Environment. Exploitation requires a low-privileged account and high-complexity local conditions, but successful exploitation grants control beyond the vulnerable system's security scope.

The record

CVE
CVE-2020-2927
Published
Apr 15, 2020
Updated
Sep 27, 2024
Vendor
Oracle
Product
Oracle Solaris
Classifications
T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Apr 15, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 27, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=10
  2. Affected versionversion=11

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Oracle · Oracle Solarisversion=10; version=11

Published CVSS scores

7.8NISTCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.4NISTAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8OracleCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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