CVE-2020-2969 Privilege escalation in Oracle Database

Medium 6.6 Published Updated

A high-privileged attacker can compromise the Data Pump component of Oracle Database, leading to full takeover of the service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-2969?

CVE-2020-2969 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Database Server, published on 15 Jul 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Data Pump component of Oracle Database Server. Supported versions that are affected are 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1, 18c and 19c. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker having DBA role account privilege with network access via Oracle Net to compromise Data Pump. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Data Pump. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-2969?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Database Server.

How do I fix CVE-2020-2969?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-2969 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-2969 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-2969 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-4rjg-59m2-p2v5.

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