CVE-2008-6065

Published Feb 5, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS 2.2% KEV · Not listed
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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-6035 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 11:20 AM
Reserved
Feb 4, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 5, 2009, 2:30 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:01 PM