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CVE-2000-0818: Oracle Listener: Command injection

CVE-2000-0818 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Oracle Listener. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

The default installation for the Oracle listener program 7.3.4, 8.0.6, and 8.1.6 allows an attacker to cause logging information to be appended to arbitrary files and execute commands via the SET TRC_FILE or SET LOG_FILE commands.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

• Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
• Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
• Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
• Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
• Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
• Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

• Oracle Listener: 7.3.4; 8.0.6; 8.1.6

References

• http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/listener_alert.pdf
• http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise66.php
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5380