CVE-2001-0942

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-11-29 · updated 2026-06-16

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 products

Oracle Database: 8.1.6, 8.1.7

References

http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/dbsmp_alert.pdf
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0000.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3137
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7645
http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/dbsmp_alert.pdf
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0000.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3137
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7645

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