# CVE-2008-2602: Privilege escalation in n/a

> An unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Database Data Pump allows remote authenticated users with IMP_FULL_DATABASE role to escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Jul 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9g8f-cj25-pc9g

## What is CVE-2008-2602?

CVE-2008-2602 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Database Server, published on 15 Jul 2008. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Data Pump component in Oracle Database 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4, and 11.1.0.6 has unknown impact and remote authenticated attack vectors related to the IMP_FULL_DATABASE role.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2602?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Oracle Data Pump Component, Oracle Database Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-2602?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-2602 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-2602 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2602 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Database Server

- [CVE-2008-2608](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2608/): Other in n/a (medium 4.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-2602 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-2602 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Database Server, published on 15 Jul 2008. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2602 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-2008-2602/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2602/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2602
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2602
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-2602

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