HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2003-1208

Oracle9i vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
13.2%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Multiple buffer overflows in Oracle 9i 9 before 9.2.0.3 allow local users to execute arbitrary code by (1) setting the TIME_ZONE session parameter to a long value, or providing long parameters to the (2) NUMTOYMINTERVAL, (3) NUMTODSINTERVAL or (4) FROM_TZ functions.
Affected vendor
Oracle
Affected product
Oracle9i
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2004-12-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 13.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Oracle Oracle9i is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2003-1208.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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