Description
Buffer overflow in otrcrep in Oracle 8.0.x through 9.0.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long ORACLE_HOME environment variable, aka the "Oracle Trace Collection Security Vulnerability."
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Oracle OTRCREP Oracle 8/9 - Home Environment Variable Buffer Overflow EDB-21045 · local · Aug 2, 2001 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20011023 FW: ASI Oracle Security Alert: 3 new security alerts mailing-list
- 3139 vdb-entry
- M-011 third-party-advisory government-resource
- 20010802 vulnerability in otrcrep binary in Oracle 8.0.5. mailing-list
- oracle-binary-symlink(6940) vdb-entry
- http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/otrcrep.pdf
- 20011024 Oracle Trace Collection Security Vulnerability mailing-list