CVE-2008-6065
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.022 · 82 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Oracle Database Server 10.1, 10.2, and 11g grants directory WRITE permissions for arbitrary pathnames that are aliased in a CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY statement, which allows remote authenticated users with CREATE ANY DIRECTORY privileges to gain SYSDBA privileges by aliasing the pathname of the password directory, and then overwriting the password file through UTL_FILE operations, a related issue to CVE-2006-7141.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-32475Oracle Database Server 11.1 - 'CREATE ANY Directory' Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (4)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (10)
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- http://www.oracleforensics.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/10/10/create-any-directory-to-sysdba/enisa_euvd
- http://www.oracleforensics.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/create-any-directory-to-sysdba.pdfenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497286/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31738enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48814enisa_euvd
- http://www.oracleforensics.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/10/10/create-any-directory-to-sysdba/nvd
- http://www.oracleforensics.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/create-any-directory-to-sysdba.pdfnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497286/100/0/threadednvd
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