# CVE-2020-14871

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).

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2020-14871
- CVSS: 10.0
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03; CISA due date 2022-05-03
- EPSS: 80.16% (percentile 99.6)
- Public exploit code: 3 on Exploit-DB · 1 Metasploit module · 2 GitHub proofs of concept (first 2020-12-15)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2024-07-17)
- Weakness: CWE-787
- Published: 2020-10-21

## Affected versions

- Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: affected 10; 11

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159961/SunSSH-Solaris-10-x86-Remote-Root.html
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160510/Solaris-SunSSH-11.0-x86-libpam-Remote-Root.html
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160609/Oracle-Solaris-SunSSH-PAM-parse_user_name-Buffer-Overflow.html
- [other] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/03/1
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163232/Solaris-SunSSH-11.0-Remote-Root.html
- [other] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/03/3
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-14871

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