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CVE-2002-0857
Format string vulnerabilities in Oracle Listener Control utility (lsnrctl) for Oracle 9.2 and 9.0, 8.1, and 7.3.4, allow remote attackers…
High7.5EPSS 13.8%
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Description
Format string vulnerabilities in Oracle Listener Control utility (lsnrctl) for Oracle 9.2 and 9.0, 8.1, and 7.3.4, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the Oracle DBA system by placing format strings into certain entries in the listener.ora configuration file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.8% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/2002alert40rev1.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#301059 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 1005037 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 5460 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20020814 Oracle Listener Control Format String Vulnerabilities (#NISR14082002) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/ora-lsnrfmtstr.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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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