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CVE-2001-0943
dbsnmp in Oracle 8.0.5 and 8.1.5, under certain conditions, trusts the PATH environment variable to find and execute the (1) chown or (2)…
High7.2EPSS 2.0%
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- mitre
Description
dbsnmp in Oracle 8.0.5 and 8.1.5, under certain conditions, trusts the PATH environment variable to find and execute the (1) chown or (2) chgrp commands, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the PATH to point to Trojan Horse programs.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 20% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/dbsmp_alert.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 3129 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20011130 ASI Oracle Security Alert: CHOWN Path Environment Variable Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20010801 Oracle 8.1.5 dbnsmp vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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