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CVE-2001-0942

dbsnmp in Oracle 8.1.6 and 8.1.7 uses the ORACLE_HOME environment variable to find and execute the dbsnmp program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by pointing the ORACLE_HOME to an alternate directory that contains a malicious version of dbsnmp.

Published

2001-11-29T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	oracle	database_server	8.1.6	Yes
Application	oracle	database_server	8.1.7	Yes

References

http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/dbsmp_alert.pdf Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0000.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3137 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7645 ([email protected])
http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/dbsmp_alert.pdf Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0000.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3137 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7645 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)