CVE-2020-14871
Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System, oracle solaris
Published 21 Oct 2020 · updated 17 Jun 2026 · Analyzed
Exploited in the wild
CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 3 Nov 2021, with a remediation deadline of 3 May 2022 for US federal agencies.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Pluggable authentication module). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols 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. Note: This CVE is not exploitable for Solaris 11.1 and later releases, and ZFSSA 8.7 and later releases, thus the CVSS Base Score is 0.0. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 10.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
References
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/159961/SunSSH-Solaris-10-x86-Remote-Root.html · Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/160510/Solaris-SunSSH-11.0-x86-libpam-Remote-Root.html · Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/160609/Oracle-Solaris-SunSSH-PAM-parse_user_name-Buffer-Overflow.html · Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/163232/Solaris-SunSSH-11.0-Remote-Root.html · Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/03/1 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/3 · Mailing List, Patch
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html · Vendor Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-14871 · US Government Resource