Is CVE-2009-2282 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-2282 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-2282?

CVE-2009-2282 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.6 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-2282

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

The Virtual Network Terminal Server daemon (vntsd) for Logical Domains (aka LDoms) in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_41 through snv_108, on SPARC platforms does not check authorization for guest console access, which allows local control-domain users to gain guest-domain privileges via unknown vectors.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.6 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-862
EPSS score: 0.4% (33th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-2278)
Published: July 1, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2278 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

oracle / opensolaris
oracle / solaris

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/35547(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141778-01-1(Broken Link, Patch)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-262708-1(Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.osvdb.org/55329(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35502(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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