Oracle 10g DBMS_Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:13509

Info

Oracle 10g DBMS_Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13509
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 05 2005 12:00AM
Updated: May 05 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Red-Database-Security GmbH is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Oracle Oracle10g Standard Edition 10.1 .0.3.1
Oracle Oracle10g Standard Edition 10.1 .0.3
Oracle Oracle10g Standard Edition 10.1 .0.2
Oracle Oracle10g Personal Edition 10.1 .0.3.1
Oracle Oracle10g Personal Edition 10.1 .0.3
Oracle Oracle10g Personal Edition 10.1 .0.2
Oracle Oracle10g Enterprise Edition 10.1 .0.3.1
Oracle Oracle10g Enterprise Edition 10.1 .0.3
Oracle Oracle10g Enterprise Edition 10.1 .0.2
Oracle Oracle10g Application Server 10.1 .0.3.1
Oracle Oracle10g Application Server 10.1 .0.3
Oracle Oracle10g Application Server 10.1 .0.2
Not Vulnerable: Oracle Oracle10g Standard Edition 10.1 .0.4
Oracle Oracle10g Personal Edition 10.1 .0.4
Oracle Oracle10g Enterprise Edition 10.1 .0.4
Oracle Oracle10g Application Server 10.1 .0.4

Discussion

Oracle 10g DBMS_Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Oracle database is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A user with 'create job' privileges can switch the 'session_user' to 'SYS'. This will facilitate privilege escalation.

This issue is reported to be addressed in the 10.0.1.14 patch set for Oracle.

Exploit / POC

Oracle 10g DBMS_Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

An exploit is nor required.

The following proof of concept exploit is available:
http://www.red-database-security.com/exploits/oracle_exploit_dbms_scheduler_select_user.html

Solution / Fix

Oracle 10g DBMS_Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue has reportedly been addressed in the 10.0.1.4 patch set for Oracle.

References

Oracle 10g DBMS_Scheduler Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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