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CVE-2019-3010
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Verified 2026-06-22
Oracle Solaris vulnerability
Oracle Solaris XScreenSaver contains an unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability that has been exploited in the wild.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A privilege escalation flaw in XScreenSaver on Oracle Solaris enables attackers to gain elevated system access. Active exploitation in the wild indicates immediate risk to affected deployments.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Public proof-of-concept exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
3 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-25).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.13506 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Oracle, Solaris. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I identify and exploit an unspecified vulnerability in XScreenSaver to escalate my privileges on a Solaris system.
Business
An attacker gains unauthorized administrative or root-level access to critical infrastructure, enabling full system compromise.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I maintain persistent access to the compromised Solaris system by leveraging elevated privileges to install backdoors or rootkits.
Business
The organization loses control of affected systems, facing potential data theft, lateral movement to other assets, and operational disruption.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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