CVE-2001-0943

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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

Oracle Database: 8.0.5, 8.1.5

References

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
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

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