CVE-2019-3010

mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.134 · 96 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 3 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

13.4% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2022-05-25remediate by 2022-06-15

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EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Oracle Solaris Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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 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).

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–8.8

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2 · impact 6

v3.18.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2 · impact 6

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264US

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/solaris/local/xscreensaver_log_priv_escSolaris xscreensaver log Privilege Escalationweaponized · metasploit
EDB-47529Solaris 11.4 - xscreensaver Privilege EscalationPoC · exploit_db
chaizeg/privilege-escalation-breachReproduction of privilege escalation breach CVE-2019-3010PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System≤ 11enisa_euvdEU
Oracle Corp. Solaris≤ 11fstec_bduRU
oracle solaris= 11nvdUScpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-10-16modified 2026-06-17

references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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