CVE-2001-1041: Oracle Database Server

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

oracle program in Oracle 8.0.x, 8.1.x and 9.0.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an Oracle log trace (.trc) file that is created in an alternate home directory identified by the ORACLE_HOME environment variable.

Affected products

• Oracle Database Server: version 8.0 only; version 8.1 only; version 9.0.1 only

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