CVE-2021-2175

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-04-22 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Vulnerability in the Database Vault component of Oracle Database Server. Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1, 18c and 19c. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker having Create Any View, Select Any View privilege with network access via Oracle Net to compromise Database Vault. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Database Vault accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 2.7 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

Affected products

Oracle Database: 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1, 18c, 19c

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170373/Oracle-Database-Vault-Metadata-Exposure.html
https://databasesecurityninja.wordpress.com/2022/02/02/cve-2021-2175-database-vault-metadata-exposure-vulnerability/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2021.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170373/Oracle-Database-Vault-Metadata-Exposure.html
https://databasesecurityninja.wordpress.com/2022/02/02/cve-2021-2175-database-vault-metadata-exposure-vulnerability/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2021.html

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