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CVE-2020-14871

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Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Pluggable authentication module). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols 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. Note: This CVE is not exploitable for Solaris 11.1 and later releases, and ZFSSA 8.7 and later releases, thus the CVSS Base Score is 0.0. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 10.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 10.0 (CRITICAL) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.0/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

8.9/10

General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?

Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
Technical severity: CVSS 10: +1.50
Fresh EPSS: 80.16%: +0.40

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 7 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)

0/100

Press, 30 days (60%)

0/100

Grounded branding (15%)

0/100

HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

CloudSEK

Press · 02 Jun 2023, 09:23 · UNC1945 Hacker Group Threat Intel Advisory - CloudSEK

Qualys

Press · 22 Feb 2022, 08:00 · Managing CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities with Qualys VMDR - Qualys

Google Cloud

Press · 17 Dec 2020, 08:00 · DebUNCing Attribution: How Mandiant Tracks Uncategorized Threat Actors - Google Cloud

EclecticIQ Blog

Press · 26 Nov 2020, 08:00 · Cobalt Strike Leak, Oracle Vulnerability & Maze Shutdown - EclecticIQ Blog

Google Cloud

Press · 04 Nov 2020, 08:00 · In Wild Critical Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Solaris Can Allow Remote Takeover — CVE-2020-14871 - Google Cloud

See all 7 source documents

Google Cloud

Press · 02 Nov 2020, 08:00 · Live off the Land? How About Bringing Your Own Island? An Overview of UNC1945 - Google Cloud

Homeland Security Today

Press · 02 Nov 2020, 08:00 · An Overview of Threat Actor UNC1945 - Homeland Security Today

Score evolution

● Hype ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.9 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

Source entries and unverified repository candidates are counted separately.

Public exploit evidence

exploitdb #49261 2020-12-15
exploitdb #49896 2021-05-21
exploitdb #50039 2021-06-21

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence: Exploitation recorded
Priority basis: Recorded exploitation; CVSS 10; EPSS 80.2%
Attention, last 30 days: 0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential: network access, no prior privileges, no user interaction.
Observed activity: Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale: Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis: Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:58:14.320098+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline

Published

21 Oct 2020, 14:04

First press mention

02 Nov 2020, 08:00

Added to the CISA KEV catalog

03 Nov 2021, 00:00

Latest press mention

02 Jun 2023, 09:23

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:58

PoCs on GitHub

3 repositories