CVE-2000-0206 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Oracle 8.1.5.x installations on Linux. The installer incorrectly follows symlinks and creates the orainstRoot.sh file with world-writeable permissions, allowing local users to gain elevated privileges. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.2, indicating a local attack vector with high complexity and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not in the KEV catalog or actively exploited, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle8i:8.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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