CVE-2001-0942 — dbsnmp in Oracle 8.1.6 and 8.1.7 uses the ORACLE_HOME environment variable to find and execute the dbsnmp program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by pointing the ORACLE_HOME to an alternate directory that contains a malicious version of dbsnmp

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dbsnmp in Oracle 8.1.6 and 8.1.7 uses the ORACLE_HOME environment variable to find and execute the dbsnmp program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by pointing the ORACLE_HOME to an alternate directory that contains a malicious version of dbsnmp

Published Feb 2, 2002

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.56%

Description

dbsnmp in Oracle 8.1.6 and 8.1.7 uses the ORACLE_HOME environment variable to find and execute the dbsnmp program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by pointing the ORACLE_HOME to an alternate directory that contains a malicious version of dbsnmp.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.56% 0.00562

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00562

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 1, 2026	0.56% (0.00562)	44.72th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.56% (0.00562)	42.10th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.64% (0.00639)	68.77th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.06% (0.00062)	28.33th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 11, 2024	0.06% (0.00062)	26.31th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.06% (0.00062)	24.29th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/dbsmp_alert.pdf
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0000.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3137
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7645
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/dbsmp_alert.pdf		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0000.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3137		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7645		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 2, 2002

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Jan 31, 2002

Link CVE-2001-0942

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-0942

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2001-0942