CVE-2001-0942

high

Description

dbsnmp in Oracle 8.1.6 and 8.1.7 uses the ORACLE_HOME environment variable to find and execute the dbsnmp program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by pointing the ORACLE_HOME to an alternate directory that contains a malicious version of dbsnmp.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7645

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3137

http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0000.html

http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/dbsmp_alert.pdf

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-11-29

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00303