# CVE-2005-1496: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Remote attackers with CREATE JOB privileges can escalate to SYS user by manipulating SESSION_USER in Oracle 10g DBMS_Scheduler.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 May 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wh9g-3hpf-7h7f

## What is CVE-2005-1496?

CVE-2005-1496 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Application Server, published on 11 May 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The DBMS_Scheduler in Oracle 10g allows remote attackers with CREATE JOB privileges to gain additional privileges by changing SESSION_USER to the SYS user.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1496?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Oracle Application Server, Oracle Oracle10g.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-1496?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-1496 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-1496 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1496 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## 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-2005-1496 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-1496 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Application Server, published on 11 May 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1496 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-2005-1496/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-1496/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1496
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1496
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-1496

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