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CVE-2000-0986

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-12-19 · updated 2026-09-23

Description

Buffer overflow in Oracle 8.1.5 applications such as names, namesctl, onrsd, osslogin, tnslsnr, tnsping, trcasst, and trcroute possibly allow local users to gain privileges via a long ORACLE_HOME environmental variable.

Affected products

• Oracle8I: 8.1.5

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0294.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5390
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0294.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5390

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