CVE-2020-2516
Vulnerability in the Core RDBMS component of Oracle Database Server. Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1, 18c and…
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Description
Vulnerability in the Core RDBMS 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 Materialized View, Create Table privilege with network access via OracleNet to compromise Core RDBMS. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Core RDBMS accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 2.4 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).
Timeline
ID reserved
By oracle
- 36 days later
· 36 days later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| oracleCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low2.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Low2.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.78% · top 44% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.4.
Weakness
- Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker having Create Materialized View, Create Table privilege with network access via OracleNet to compromise Core RDBMS. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Core RDBMS accessible data.
Affected products
Oracle Corporation · Oracle Database
- affected 12.1.0.2
- affected 12.2.0.1
- affected 18c
- affected 19c
References (1)
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html (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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