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Oracle Database Server 10.1, 10.2, and 11g grants directory WRITE permissions for arbitrary pathnames that are aliased in a CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY statement, which allows remote authenticated users with CREATE ANY DIRECTORY privileges to gain SYSDBA privileges by aliasing the pathname of the password directory, and then overwriting the password file through UTL_FILE operations, a related issue to CVE-2006-7141

Published Feb 5, 2009

Description

Oracle Database Server 10.1, 10.2, and 11g grants directory WRITE permissions for arbitrary pathnames that are aliased in a CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY statement, which allows remote authenticated users with CREATE ANY DIRECTORY privileges to gain SYSDBA privileges by aliasing the pathname of the password directory, and then overwriting the password file through UTL_FILE operations, a related issue to CVE-2006-7141.

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Remediation

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Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (5)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 5, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 4, 2009
Link CVE-2008-6065
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2008-6065
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2008-6065