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CVE-2009-3183
Heap-based buffer overflow in w in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_124, allows local users to gain privileges via…
High7.2EPSS 0.39%
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Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in w in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_124, allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-113718-04-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://unsecurityresearch.blogspot.com/2009/02/advisories-published.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 58110 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 266348 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- solaris-w1-bo(53188) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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