CVE-2005-0298

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 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: none known
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The DIRECTORY objects in Oracle 8i through Oracle 10g contain the location of a specific operating system directory, which allows users with read privileges to a DIRECTORY object to obtain sensitive information.

Affected products

Oracle Database: 8.0.6, 8.0.6.3, 8.1.7.4, 9.0.1.4, 9.0.1.5, 9.0.4 (+6)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110608912525883&w=2
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/pdf/cpu-jan-2005_advisory.pdf
http://www.petefinnigan.com/directory_traversal.pdf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18947
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110608912525883&w=2
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/pdf/cpu-jan-2005_advisory.pdf
http://www.petefinnigan.com/directory_traversal.pdf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18947

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