CVE-2009-0981

Public Exploit

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Application Express component in Oracle Database 11.1.0.7 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality, related to APEX. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the April 2009 CPU. Oracle has not commented on reliable researcher claims that this issue allows remote authenticated users to obtain APEX password hashes from the WWV_FLOW_USERS table via a SELECT statement.

4.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 20.57% Top 5%

Third-Party Advisory secunia.com Third-Party Advisory us-cert.gov

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34461	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/34693	third party advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-105A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502724/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.red-database-security.com/advisory/apex_password_hashes.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2009-099563.html
http://osvdb.org/53738	vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022052	vdb entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8456	exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-0981?: CVE-2009-0981 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-0981?: To fix CVE-2009-0981, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-0981 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2009-0981 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~21% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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