CVE-2001-0943: Oracle Database Server

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

dbsnmp in Oracle 8.0.5 and 8.1.5, under certain conditions, trusts the PATH environment variable to find and execute the (1) chown or (2) chgrp commands, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the PATH to point to Trojan Horse programs.

Affected products

• Oracle Database Server: version 8.0.5 only; version 8.1.5 only

Published 2001-08-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.