High 8.8Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Oct 16, 2019

CVE-2019-3010Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: XScreenSaver).

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:20 UTC)

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CISA lists it as known exploited since May 25, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Jun 15, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.

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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).

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV May 25, 2022; federal remediation due Jun 15, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 13.40% (percentile 96)
Assigned by: oracle
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jan 12, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System oracle:solaris_operating_system (from the name)	11	CNA record
oracle solaris oracle:solaris	11	NVD

References

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.htmlx-refsource-misc, patch, vendor-advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Oct/39mailing-list, x-refsource-fulldisc, third-party-advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154960/Solaris-xscreensaver-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-3010us-government-resource

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