Oracle Solaris 11 Device Driver Interface Privilege Escalation CVE-2023-22023
CVE-2023-22023 Published on July 18, 2023
Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Device Driver Interface). 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Solaris. Note: CVE-2023-22023 is equivalent to CVE-2023-31284. 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).
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-22023 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-22023
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Affected Versions
Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System Version 11 is affected by CVE-2023-22023Exploit Probability
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