CVE-2001-0942 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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: 2002-02-02

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:8.1.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:8.1.7:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0925	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00303.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/dbsmp_alert.pdf
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0000.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3137
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7645

History

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Subscriptions

Oracle Database Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-02-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:37:06.857Z

Reserved: 2002-01-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0942

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-11-29T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0942

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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