How severe is CVE-2018-2578?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of HIGH with a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2018-2578?

This is classified as NVD-CWE-Other, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2018-2578 - HIGH Severity | CVSS 7.2

Vulnerability Description

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 high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Solaris, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Solaris. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

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