CVEvulnerability
CVE-2001-0942
4.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2001-11-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
Affected configurations
• oracle database server 8.1.6
• oracle database server 8.1.7
Related
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness
References
- http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/dbsmp_alert.pdf Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0000.html seclists.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3137 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7645 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/dbsmp_alert.pdf Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0000.html seclists.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3137 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7645 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com