CVE-2004-2686

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the vfs_getvfssw function in Solaris 2.6, 7, 8, and 9 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via crafted (1) mount or (2) sysfs system calls. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2004-1767, but there are insufficient details to be sure.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2686 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.17%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-2686

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23874 exploit_db edb 2004-03-23 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2686

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.21% 1.17% +0.96%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.21% +0.17%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2686

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2686

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2686

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun solaris 2.6 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos — cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.7 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.8 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.9 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2686

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