CVE-1999-0888 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the dbsnmp component of Oracle Intelligent Agent, affecting Oracle Database Server and Oracle8i. An attacker can gain elevated privileges by manipulating the ORACLE_HOME environment variable, which the dbsnmp process uses to locate a critical script. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei modules, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:7.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server:7.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle8i:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle8i:8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle8i:8.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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