CVE-2009-3468

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Common Desktop Environment (CDE) in Sun Solaris 10, when Trusted Extensions is enabled, allow local users to execute arbitrary commands or bypass the Mandatory Access Control (MAC) policy via unknown vectors, related to a menu typo and the Style Manager.

Published: 2009-09-29 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-3468 is rated Low Risk (30.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3468

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 2023-03-07 1.28% 0.04% -1.24%
2 2022-02-04 1.28%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3468

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-3468

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3468

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun solaris 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3468

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