HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-2718

Solaris vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: RPC). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via NFS to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Solaris. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Affected vendor
Oracle
Affected product
Solaris
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2018-04-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-2718

  • Confirm whether Oracle Solaris is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-2718.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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