CVE-2005-2371

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 22.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-07-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Oracle Reports 6.0, 6i, 9i, and 10g allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via (1) "..", (2) Windows drive letter (C:), and (3) absolute path sequences in the desname parameter. NOTE: this issue was probably fixed by REP06 in CPU Jan 2006, in which case it overlaps CVE-2006-0289.

Affected products

Oracle Reports: 6.0, 6i, 9i, 10g

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112180096507467&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/18493
http://secunia.com/advisories/18608
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014524
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2006-082403.html
http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/oracle_reports_overwrite_any_file.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/422257/30/7430/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14309
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0323
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24321
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112180096507467&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/18493

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