CVE-2009-0993

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the OPMN component in Oracle Application Server 10.1.2.3 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the April 2009 CPU. Oracle has not commented on reliable researcher claims that this issue is a format string vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an HTTP POST URI, which are not properly handled when logging to opmn/logs/opmn.log.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 7.68% Top 10%

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

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022055	vdb entry
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.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2009-099563.html
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-017
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50030	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502683/100/0/threaded	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-0993?: CVE-2009-0993 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-0993?: To fix CVE-2009-0993, 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-2009-0993 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2009-0993 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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