Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 31, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2001-0943
CVE-2001-0943
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.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:8.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:8.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:8.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 8.0.5, 8.1.5
Patches
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References
4- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3129nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/201020nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/dbsmp_alert.pdfnvd
- seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0001.htmlnvd
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