CVE-2008-2601
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 · uneditedUnspecified vulnerability in the Oracle iStore component in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0.4 has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors.
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 confidenceUnspecified vulnerability in the Oracle iStore component of Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0.4 allows remote authenticated attackers to exploit unknown weaknesses. The CVSS 5.5 indicates partial confidentiality and integrity impact with low attack complexity, requiring authentication but no user interaction.
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= 12.0.4CVSS 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
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
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 E-Business Suite installationCheck for Oracle E-Business Suite by looking for the presence of the Oracle Applications environment. On the application tier, examine the environment variable $ORACLE_HOME and check for the presence of $APPL_TOP directory structure typically found in E-Business Suite installations.Affected if Oracle E-Business Suite is not installed on the system.
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Confirm exact version is 12.0.4Query the Oracle E-Business Suite version using Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) interface, or execute the SQL query 'SELECT release_name FROM fnd_product_groups;' connected as APPS user, or check the version file $APPL_TOP/ADMIN/version.txt on the application tier.Affected if The installed version is NOT exactly 12.0.4 (the vulnerability only affects this specific version).
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Verify iStore component is configuredCheck if the Oracle iStore module is installed and enabled by querying the Oracle E-Business Suite registry. In OAM, navigate to the iStore module status, or query 'SELECT application_id, application_name FROM fnd_application WHERE application_name LIKE '%iStore%';' connected as APPS user.Affected if The iStore component is not installed or not configured in the E-Business Suite instance.
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Assess network accessibility of iStoreDetermine if the iStore web interface is accessible externally by checking the Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) configuration files in $ORACLE_HOME/config/OracleHttpServer/virtualhosts/ for iStore-related aliases, and verify if the application tier is exposed to untrusted networks.Affected if iStore is accessible from untrusted network segments (required for remote authenticated exploitation).
You are affected only if Oracle E-Business Suite version 12.0.4 is confirmed AND the iStore component is installed and configured, and the system is network-accessible to remote authenticated attackers.
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 the relevant Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) for CVE-2008-2601, or upgrade to a patched E-Business Suite version. Restrict iStore administrative access to necessary personnel only and monitor for unauthorized authenticated sessions.
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- 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2008-2601 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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