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title: "CVE-2019-3010: Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating… | CubePath"
description: "Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: XScreenSaver). The supported version that is affected is 11. Easily exploitable…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3010
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# CVE-2019-3010: Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating… | CubePath

## Description

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).

Official description from the CVE record, published by oracle. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3010)

## Key data

### CVSS 3.1 High 8.8

Score published by CISA-ADP in the CVE record.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

| Metric                 | Value   | What it means                                                                             |
| ---------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Attack vector          | Local   | The attacker needs local access to the system, or to trick a user into running something. |
| Attack complexity      | Low     | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.                     |
| Privileges required    | Low     | A basic user account is needed.                                                           |
| User interaction       | None    | No action from any user is needed.                                                        |
| Scope                  | Changed | The impact can reach other components beyond the vulnerable one.                          |
| Confidentiality impact | High    | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.                                           |
| Integrity impact       | High    | Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.                                   |
| Availability impact    | High    | Serious or total effect on availability.                                                  |

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### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.13506 (13.5% probability)

Percentile

96.5%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

### CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

This CVE is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Name in the catalog

Oracle Solaris Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Added to the catalog

May 25, 2022

Federal due date

Jun 15, 2022

### CISA assessment as of Sep 30, 2024

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.

Exploitation

Recorded by CISA as active

Automatable

no

Technical impact

total

## Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

- Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System

  - affected: 11

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832…](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html)
- [20191018 CVE-2019-3010 - Local privilege escalation on Solaris 11.x via xscreensaver](http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Oct/39)  (seclists.org) mailing-list
- [packetstormsecurity.com/files/154960/Solaris-xscreensaver-P…](http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154960/Solaris-xscreensaver-Privilege-Escalation.html)

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Dec 14, 2018
2. Record published Oct 16, 2019
3. Added to CISA KEV May 25, 2022
4. Record last updated Jan 12, 2026

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