MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2005-1496

Application Server vulnerability

CVSS
4.6
EPSS
38.3%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
The DBMS_Scheduler in Oracle 10g allows remote attackers with CREATE JOB privileges to gain additional privileges by changing SESSION_USER to the SYS user.
Affected vendor
Oracle
Affected product
Application Server
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2005-05-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 38.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-1496

  • Confirm whether Oracle Application Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-1496.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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