CVE-2000-0206 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2000-0206?

CVE-2000-0206 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Apr 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The installation of Oracle 8.1.5.x on Linux follows symlinks and creates the orainstRoot.sh file with world-writeable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0206?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Oracle8i.

How do I fix CVE-2000-0206?

No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0206 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2000-0206 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0206 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2001-0499 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-0638 Memory corruption in n/a High 8.5
• CVE-2003-0634 Memory corruption in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2002-0858 Hardcoded credentials in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2001-0126 Code injection in n/a High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-mqmj-xph7-4vqh.