Oracle Solaris Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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• cpe oracle/solaris11
• vendor Oracle Solarisversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2019-3010

• Recommended remediation

  Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Jun 15, 2022.

• Official advisories

  • CISA KEV · cisa.gov
  • CVE.org · cve.org
  • FIRST EPSS · first.org
  • NIST NVD · nvd.nist.gov
  • Packet Storm Security · packetstormsecurity.com
  • VulnCheck KEV · vulncheck.com

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

1. Oct 16, 2019 · Catalog

   Detected

   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. Successf

2. May 25, 2022 · CISA KEV

   Known exploited

   Apply updates per vendor instructions.

3. Jun 15, 2022 · CISA KEV

   Remediation due

   Apply updates per vendor instructions.

4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

   Updated

   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. Successf

Sources

• CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-3010

  Oracle Solaris component: XScreenSaver contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

  cisa.gov
• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2019-3010

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2019-3010

  30-day exploitation probability 13.4%

  first.org
• Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference47529

  Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

  exploit-db.com
• Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_solaris/local/xscreensaver_log_priv_esc

  Public module reference (excellent). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

  rapid7.com
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2019-3010

  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 Orac

  nvd.nist.gov
• Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154960/Solaris-xscreensaver-Privilege-Escalation.html

  Packet Storm link already published on the finding.

  packetstormsecurity.com
• VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-3010

  Oracle Solaris component: XScreenSaver contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

  vulncheck.com

References

• Exploit · packetstormsecurity.com
• Mailing List · seclists.org
• Patch · oracle.com
• CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
• US Government Resource · cisa.gov
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · group-ib.com
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · trendmicro.com

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.