Is CVE-2019-3010 actively exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks CVE-2019-3010 as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

What exploitation activity has KEV Intelligence observed?

KEV Intelligence has not yet recorded sensor-observed exploitation attempts for CVE-2019-3010. Our sensors continue to monitor for activity targeting this CVE.

Which versions are affected?

CVE-2019-3010 affects Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System. Reported affected version: 11.

Yes. CVE-2019-3010 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

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CVE-2019-3010

Solaris Operating System

Oracle Corporation / Solaris Operating System · 11

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Severity: CVSS 8.8 · High
Confidence: Confirmed
Exploit status: Exploited in the wild
EPSS: 13.4%
First observed: —
Last observed: —

Decision summary

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What it is

CVE-2019-3010 is a vulnerability affecting Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System. Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: XScreenSaver). The supported version that is affected...

Is it exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

Who is affected?

Oracle Corporation / Solaris Operating System 11.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: XScreenSaver)

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).

Vendor Product Affected Status

Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System 11 Affected

Published: 16 Oct 2019
Exploitation Reported: 25 May 2022
Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges: Low
User interaction: None

CVE References

CVE Record CVE.org · CVE Record https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3010
20191018 CVE-2019-3010 - Local privilege escalation on Solaris 11.x via xscreensaver seclists.org · Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Oct/39
oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-507... oracle.com · CVE Record http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-507283...
packetstormsecurity.com/files/154960/Solaris-xscreensaver-Privilege-... packetstormsecurity.com · CVE Record http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154960/Solaris-xscreensaver-Priv...

Exploitation evidence

Why KEV Intelligence marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 25 May 2022

Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.

Proof of concept available

Recorded 28 Apr 2025

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source	Added
CISA First	2022-05-25 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets: 0
User-Agents: 0

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Scanner coverage

Metasploit template detected 28 Apr 2025.

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Virtual patch status

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner	Reference	Detected
Metasploit	https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/solaris/local/xscreensaver_log_priv_esc.rb	28 Apr 2025

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

8.8 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

13.4%

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1 8.8 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 4.6 Medium

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Potential Proof of Concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

xscreensaver_log_priv_esc

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2019-3010

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

28 Apr 2025
Metasploit module available

Exploit module available
28 Apr 2025
Public PoC available

Public proof-of-concept code published
25 May 2022
Added to CISA KEV

Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
16 Oct 2019
CVE published

Vulnerability disclosed publicly
14 Dec 2018
CVE ID reserved

Identifier reserved by the CNA

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First-party sensor telemetry
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  "cve_id": "CVE-2019-3010",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 8.8,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.13399,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}

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