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CVE-2008-3996

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3996 is an unspecified vulnerability within the Change Data Capture component of Oracle Database versions 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4, and 11.1.0.6. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to compromise the confidentiality and integrity of data, specifically related to SYS.DBMS_CDC_IPUBLISH. With a CVSS score of 5.5, it is considered a medium severity vulnerability, requiring authentication but having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity loss. While not on the KEV catalog or actively exploited, a Metasploit module exists for SQL injection via SYS.DBMS_CDC_IPUBLISH.ALTER_HOTLOG_INTERNAL_CSOURCE, indicating exploit code availability despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_10g:10.1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_10g:10.2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_11i:11.1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.5MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Oracle DB SQL Injection via SYS.DBMS_CDC_IPUBLISH.ALTER_HOTLOG_INTERNAL_CSOURCE · Oct 22, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0952 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/32291
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45900
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2008-100299.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2825