Security Resilience

CVE-2019-3010

Oracle Solaris 11

CISA KEVActive ExploitationEUVD ExploitedPublic PoC
Published
16 October 2019
Modified
27 October 2025
KEV Added
25 May 2022
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.13 96th percentile
Risk Priority 87 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2019-3010 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Oracle Solaris. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; CISA has added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2019-3010 is a vulnerability in the XScreenSaver component of Oracle Solaris version 11. It is rated with a CVSS 3.0 base score of 8.8 and described as easily exploitable, allowing impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a changed scope that can affect additional products beyond Solaris itself.

A low-privileged attacker who already has logon access to the host running Oracle Solaris can leverage the flaw to fully compromise and take over the system. The attack requires no user interaction and occurs locally on the affected infrastructure.

Public references include Oracle's Critical Patch Update for October 2019, which addresses the issue, along with exploit code and technical details published on Packet Storm and Full Disclosure lists in October 2019.

Public exploit material for the vulnerability has been available since disclosure.

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Vulnerability Data

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…

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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).

CWE(s)
KEV Date Added
25 May 2022

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Affected Assets

oracle
solaris
11

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References