CVE-2008-6065
Oracle Database Server 10.1, 10.2, and 11g grants directory WRITE permissions for arbitrary pathnames that are aliased in a CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY statement, which allows remote authenticated users with CREATE ANY DIRECTORY privileges to gain…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Oracle Database Server 10.1, 10.2, and 11g grants directory WRITE permissions for arbitrary pathnames that are aliased in a CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY statement, which allows remote authenticated users with CREATE ANY DIRECTORY privileges to gain SYSDBA privileges by aliasing the pathname of the password directory, and then overwriting the password file through UTL_FILE operations, a related issue to CVE-2006-7141.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.20% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- oracle/database server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.oracleforensics.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/10/10/create-any-directory-to-sysdba/
- http://www.oracleforensics.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/create-any-directory-to-sysdba.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497286/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31738
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48814
- http://www.oracleforensics.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/10/10/create-any-directory-to-sysdba/
- http://www.oracleforensics.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/create-any-directory-to-sysdba.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497286/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31738
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48814
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.