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CVE-2020-2978

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-2978 is a vulnerability in Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition, affecting versions 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1, 18c, and 19c. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 4.1) allows a highly privileged attacker with DBA role and network access via Oracle Net to achieve unauthorized data modification (update, insert, delete) within the database. While easily exploitable, it requires high privileges and has a low integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database:12.1.0.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
12.2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database:12.2.0.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
18cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database:18c:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
19dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database:19d:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0124 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 3,566 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/172183/Oracle-RMAN-Missing-Auditing.html
databasesecurityninja.wordpress.com / 2020/12/01/cve-2020-2978-rman-audit-table-point-in-time-recovery-not-logged
ExploitThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
PatchVendor Advisory