CVE-2001-0943 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

dbsnmp in Oracle 8.0.5 and 8.1.5, under certain conditions, trusts the PATH environment variable to find and execute the (1) chown or (2) chgrp commands, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the PATH to point to Trojan Horse programs.

Published: 2002-02-02

Score: 7.2 High

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:8.0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:8.1.5:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0926	dbsnmp in Oracle 8.0.5 and 8.1.5, under certain conditions, trusts the PATH environment variable to find and execute the (1) chown or (2) chgrp commands, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the PATH to point to Trojan Horse programs.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00799.

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/0001.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/201020
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3129

History

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Subscriptions

Oracle Database Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:37:07.156Z

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

Link: CVE-2001-0943

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-08-31T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2001-0943

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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