CVE-2006-0284
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMultiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Oracle Application Server 9.0.4.2 and 10.1.2.0.2, and E-Business Suite and Applications 11.5.10, have unspecified impact and attack vectors, as identified by Oracle Vuln# (1) FORM01 and (2) FORM02 in the Oracle Forms component.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceOracle Forms component in Oracle Application Server 9.0.4.2, 10.1.2.0.2, and E-Business Suite 11.5.10 contains multiple vulnerabilities (identified as FORM01 and FORM02) with unspecified impact and attack vectors. The exact nature of the vulnerabilities is not disclosed in the Oracle advisory.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 9.0.4.2= 10.1.2.0.2= 11.5.10CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- Complete
- Availability
- Complete
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Oracle Forms installationCheck for Oracle Forms components in the Oracle Inventory. On UNIX systems, examine $ORACLE_HOME/forms or look for forms90.dll (AS 9i) or forms10g.dll (AS 10g) files. On Windows, check the Oracle home directory structure for Forms subdirectories.Affected if Oracle Forms component files exist in the Oracle home directory
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Check Oracle Application Server version (if applicable)Run 'opatch lsinventory' or check the Oracle Inventory for the Application Server version. Alternatively, check $ORACLE_HOME/oraInst.loc on UNIX or registry entries on Windows for the Oracle Application Server version.Affected if Version matches exactly 9.0.4.2 or 10.1.2.0.2
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Check Oracle E-Business Suite version (if applicable)Query the AOL/J Oracle tables (FND_APPS_VERSION or FND_PRODUCT_GROUPS) using SQL*Plus connected as APPS user, or check the context file in $APPL_TOP/admin for the release version.Affected if Version matches exactly 11.5.10
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Verify Forms component version specificallyCheck the Forms version by running 'formsweb.cfg' inspection or checking the Forms server logs. The Forms version often matches the Application Server version but can be confirmed by examining the Forms JAR files in $ORACLE_HOME/forms/java/Affected if Forms component version matches the affected Application Server versions listed
A defender is affected if their environment contains Oracle Forms from Oracle Application Server 9.0.4.2, 10.1.2.0.2, or Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.10, as these exact versions contain the unspecified FORM01 and FORM02 vulnerabilities.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply Oracle Critical Patch Updates (CPUs) for the affected versions; Oracle Forms patches should be tested thoroughly for form functionality and integration impacts before production deployment.
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- Testing8.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2006-0284 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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