HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-3438

Database Server vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
5.9%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Oracle Database Server 9i up to 10.1.0.4.2 have unknown impact and attack vectors, aka Oracle Vuln# (1) DB04 in Change Data Capture; (2) DB06 in Data Guard Logical Standby; (3) DB10 in Locale; (4) DB12 in Materialized Views; (5) DB13 in Objects Extension; (6) DB15 in Oracle Label Security; (7) DB27 in Security, possibly due to a buffer overflow in sys.pbsde.init; and (8) DB28 and (9) DB29 in Workspace Manager.
Affected vendor
Oracle
Affected product
Database Server
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2005-11-02

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 5.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-3438

  • Confirm whether Oracle Database Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-3438.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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