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CVE-2016-5487· NVD / CVE Program· CNA oracle

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11.3 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown v

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11.3 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors.

MediumCVSS 5.3 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Oct 25, 2016
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 28th percentile
CWE
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Action score

21

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
oraclesolaris

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • oracle solaris11.3

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2020-14871Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Pluggable authentication module).KEV
    94Now
  • CVE-2019-3010Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: XScreenSaver).KEV
    69This week
  • CVE-2017-3623Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel RPC).
    47Plan
  • CVE-2014-0397Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in libXtsol in Oracle Solaris 10 and 11.1 have unspecified impact and attack vectors related to "Buffer
    41Plan
  • CVE-2010-3509Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via
    41Plan
  • CVE-2026-46978Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Remote Administration Daemon).
    40Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
low · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
Low

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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