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
Published Aug 20, 2002
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 13.79%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 7.3.4
- 9.0
- 9.2
- 8.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 13.79% (0.13789) | 96.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 13.79% (0.13789) | 96.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.31% (0.02312) | 83.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.37% (0.04368) | 81.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 2.31% (0.02312) | 82.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.62% (0.06619) | 90.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 5.22% (0.05224) | 92.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 21, 2024 | 0.83% (0.00835) | 81.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 18, 2023 | 0.83% (0.00835) | 79.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.71% (0.00711) | 77.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.78% (0.07777) | 93.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.78% (0.07777) | 92.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.78% (0.07777) | 81.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102933735716634&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/2002alert40rev1.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1005037 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/301059 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/ora-lsnrfmtstr.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5460 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102933735716634&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/2002alert40rev1.pdf | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1005037 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/301059 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/ora-lsnrfmtstr.txt | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5460 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Change history (0)
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