CVE-2001-0943

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Published Feb 2, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

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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Tracking

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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.

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 2.0% (1.967% probability within 30 days)

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

No history.

Subscriptions

Oracle Database Server

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:37 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 2, 2002, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:37 AM
Reserved: Jan 31, 2002, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:55 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 31, 2001, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:55 PM

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