CVE-2001-1041

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 2001-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

oracle program in Oracle 8.0.x, 8.1.x and 9.0.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an Oracle log trace (.trc) file that is created in an alternate home directory identified by the ORACLE_HOME environment variable.

Affected products

Oracle Database: 8.0, 8.1, 9.0.1

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100395579811880&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99677282117387&w=2
http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/oracle_race.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3135
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100395579811880&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99677282117387&w=2
http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/oracle_race.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3135

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