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TI-2016-06847 Aliases CVE-2016-8330GHSA-v93c-3h5r-gh93

Improper access control in Oracle Solaris Operating System

Priority LOW 20CWE-284Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.

Summary

Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel). The supported version that is affected is 11.3. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Solaris accessible data. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 3.7 (Integrity impacts).

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01159 67th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
OracleSolaris Operating System11.3—No fix listedCNA
  • Solaris Operating System VendorOracle Affected 11.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.3VulnerableOracle
  • cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.3 Vulnerable ·Oracle

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-8330
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v93c-3h5r-gh93

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2020-11706 Out-of-bounds write in Oracle Solaris Operating System KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2019-02533 Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: XScreenSaver). KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2015-03773 The PDF reader in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0.3, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1.1, and… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2008-02866 Stack-based buffer overflow in Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1.2 and earlier allows remote… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2015-04610 Assertion failure in ISC BIND named via TKEY queries KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2007-00858 Argument injection vulnerability in the telnet daemon (in.telnetd) in Solaris 10 and 11… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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Sources

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