CVE-2008-2613
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 Database Scheduler component in Oracle Database 10.2.0.4 and 11.1.0.6 has unknown impact and local attack vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the Oracle July 2008 CPU. Oracle has not commented on reliable researcher claims that this is an untrusted search path issue that allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious (1) libclntsh.so or (2) libnnz10.so library.
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 · high confidenceUntrusted search path vulnerability in Oracle Database Scheduler allows local users to escalate privileges by placing malicious libclntsh.so or libnnz10.so libraries in directories searched before legitimate Oracle library locations. This library hijacking enables local privilege escalation.
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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 dataall versions= 10.2.0.4= 11.1.0.6CVSS 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
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 Database Server versionQuery the database: SELECT VERSION FROM V$INSTANCE; or check $ORACLE_HOME/orainst/oraInst.locAffected if Version is 10.2.0.4 or 11.1.0.6, or if Scheduler (DBMS_SCHEDULER) is in use on any version
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Check if Oracle Scheduler is in useQuery DBA_SCHEDULER_JOBS or USER_SCHEDULER_JOBS to see if any scheduler jobs exist: SELECT JOB_NAME, OWNER FROM DBA_SCHEDULER_JOBS;Affected if Any scheduler jobs are defined and the database version matches the affected range
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Examine library search path for writable pre-Oracle directoriesReview environment variables LD_LIBRARY_PATH, LIBPATH, and PATH. Check if any user-writable directories appear before $ORACLE_HOME/lib in the search orderAffected if Writable directories exist in the search path before Oracle library directories, allowing library injection
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Verify Oracle library directory permissionsRun 'ls -la $ORACLE_HOME/lib/' and check that libclntsh.so and libnnz10.so reside in directories that are NOT world-writableAffected if Oracle library directories are writable by non-privileged users, enabling library replacement
A user is affected if they run Oracle Database Server 10.2.0.4 or 11.1.1.0.6 (or any version with Database Scheduler active) and have writable directories in their library search path before Oracle's trusted library locations.
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 July 2008 Critical Patch Update (CPU). Additionally, secure file system permissions on library search paths and ensure Oracle libraries are loaded only from trusted, non-writable directories.
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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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