# CVE-2006-2081: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local users can execute arbitrary SQL queries via insecure privileges in the DBMS_EXPORT_EXTENSION package, leading to privilege escalation.

- **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:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Apr 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3r8p-382h-8p7p

## What is CVE-2006-2081?

CVE-2006-2081 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Database Server, published on 27 Apr 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Oracle Database Server 10g Release 2 allows local users to execute arbitrary SQL queries via the GET_DOMAIN_INDEX_METADATA function in the DBMS_EXPORT_EXTENSION package. NOTE: this issue was originally linked to DB05 (CVE-2006-1870), but a reliable third party has claimed that it is not the same issue. Based on details of the problem, the primary issue appears to be insecure privileges that facilitate the introduction of SQL in a way that is not related to special characters, so this is not "SQL injection" per se.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2081?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Database Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-2081?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2081 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-2081 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-2081 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Oracle 10g Release 2 - 'DBMS_EXPORT_EXTENSION' SQL (exploitdb)
- Oracle DB SQL Injection via DBMS_EXPORT_EXTENSION (metasploit)
- Oracle 9i/10g - DBMS_EXPORT_EXTENSION SQL Injection (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Database Server

- [CVE-2015-4863](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4863/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2013-1534](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1534/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2010-0071](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0071/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-1979](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1979/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-1985](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1985/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-2081 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-2081 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Database Server, published on 27 Apr 2006. 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-2006-2081 exists.

Affected product: Oracle Database 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-2006-2081/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2081/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2081
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2081
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-2081

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