CVE-2001-0942 Information

Description

dbsnmp in Oracle 8.1.6 and 8.1.7 uses the ORACLE_HOME environment variable to find and execute the dbsnmp program which allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by pointing the ORACLE_HOME to an alternate directory that contains a malicious version of dbsnmp.

Reference

http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/dbsmp_alert.pdf http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2001/Dec/0000.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3137 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7645