# CVE-2004-1707: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers with Oracle user accounts can gain root privileges by exploiting insecure library paths in Oracle database utilities.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Feb 2005
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-66ff-xg83-gqqx

## What is CVE-2004-1707?

CVE-2004-1707 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Application Server, published on 26 Feb 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The (1) dbsnmp and (2) nmo programs in Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i, and Oracle IAS 9.0.2.0.1, on Unix systems, use a default path to find and execute library files while operating at raised privileges, which allows certain Oracle user accounts to gain root privileges via a modified libclntsh.so.9.0.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1707?

It affects 5 products.


Products: Oracle Application Server, Oracle Application Server Portal, Oracle Database Server Lite, Oracle Oracle8i, Oracle Oracle9i.

## How do I fix CVE-2004-1707?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1707 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2004-1707 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-1707 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Oracle9i Database - Default Library Directory Privilege Escalation (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Application Server

- [CVE-2008-1812](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1812/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-1824](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1824/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-0340](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0340/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-0343](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0343/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-0344](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0344/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-1707 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2004-1707 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Application Server, published on 26 Feb 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-1707 exists.

Affected product: Oracle Application Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1707/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1707/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1707
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1707
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-1707

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