CVE-1999-0888 — dbsnmp in Oracle Intelligent Agent allows local users to gain privileges by setting the ORACLE_HOME environmental variable, which dbsnmp uses to find the nmiconf.tcl script

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MEDIUM

dbsnmp in Oracle Intelligent Agent allows local users to gain privileges by setting the ORACLE_HOME environmental variable, which dbsnmp uses to find the nmiconf.tcl script

Published Apr 18, 2000

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.07%

Description

dbsnmp in Oracle Intelligent Agent allows local users to gain privileges by setting the ORACLE_HOME environmental variable, which dbsnmp uses to find the nmiconf.tcl script.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.07% 0.01075

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01075

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	1.07% (0.01075)	63.75th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.07% (0.01075)	60.46th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.45% (0.00447)	61.43th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	0.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	0.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00043)	7.93th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.73% (0.01725)	76.18th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.73% (0.01725)	76.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.73% (0.01725)	74.06th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.73% (0.01725)	53.34th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/585
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/585		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 18, 2000

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Dec 8, 1999

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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