Buffer overflow in extproc in Oracle 10g allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via environment variables in the library name, wh
Buffer overflow in extproc in Oracle 10g allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via environment variables in the library name, which are expanded after the length check is performed.
- Published
- Aug 4, 2004
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 9.1% · 95th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-131
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Report tools
Action score
42
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 3 / 30 · 9.1%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| oracle | application server | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:application_server |
| oracle | collaboration suite | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:collaboration_suite |
| oracle | database server | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_server |
| oracle | e-business suite | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:e-business_suite |
| oracle | enterprise manager | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:enterprise_manager |
| oracle | enterprise manager database control | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:enterprise_manager_database_control |
| oracle | enterprise manager grid control | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:enterprise_manager_grid_control |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- oracle application serverall versions
- oracle application server9.0.2
- oracle application server9.0.2.0.0
- oracle application server9.0.2.0.1
- oracle application server9.0.2.1
- oracle application server9.0.2.2
- oracle application server9.0.2.3
- oracle application server9.0.3
- oracle application server9.0.3.1
- oracle application server9.0.4
- oracle application server9.0.4.0
- oracle application server9.0.4.1
- oracle collaboration suiteall versions
- oracle database server10.1.0.2
- oracle database server8.1.7.4
- oracle database server9.0.1.4
- oracle database server9.0.1.5
- oracle database server9.0.4
- oracle database server9.2.0.4
- oracle database server9.2.0.5
Same product
oracle: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2006-0289Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Oracle Application Server 6.0.8.26(PS17) and E-Business Suite and Applications 11.5.10 have unspecif44Plan
- CVE-2006-3710Unspecified vulnerability in OC4J for Oracle Application Server 9.0.2.3, 9.0.3.1, 9.0.4.2, and 10.1.2.0.0 has unknown impact and attack vect42Plan
- CVE-2006-3708Unspecified vulnerability in OC4J for Oracle Application Server 9.0.2.3, 9.0.3.1, 9.0.4.2, 10.1.2.0.2, and 10.1.2.1 has unknown impact and a42Plan
- CVE-2006-0285Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Net component of Oracle Database Server 8.1.7.4, 9.0.1.5, 9.0.1.5 FIPS, 9.2.0.7, and 10.1.0.4, and App42Plan
- CVE-2006-0283Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Database Server 10.1.0.4.2, Application Server 10.1.2.0.2, and Collaboration Suite Release 2, version 9.42Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-131 · Incorrect Calculation of Buffer SizeCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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References
- marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110382345829397&w=2
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101782-1
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/316206
- www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/oracle23122004.txt
- www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/pdf/2004alert68.pdf
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/10871
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-245A.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18659
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.