Oracle Solaris 11 Filesystem Vulnerability - Low Privilege Read (CVE-2024-20920)
CVE-2024-20920 Published on January 16, 2024
Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Filesystem). 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 (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Solaris accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.8 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N).
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-20920 is exploitable 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 have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is an Information Disclosure Vulnerability?
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
CVE-2024-20920 has been classified to as an Information Disclosure vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-20920
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Affected Versions
Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System Version 11 is affected by CVE-2024-20920Exploit Probability
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