Unspecified vulnerability in the Network Authentication component in Oracle Database 10.1.0.5 and 10.2.0.4 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October 2009 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from an independent researcher that this is related to improper validation of the AUTH_SESSKEY parameter length that leads to arbitrary code execution.
Published 2009-10-22 18:30:00
Updated 2018-10-10 19:39:14
Source Oracle
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Threat overview for CVE-2009-1979

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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 1521
IPs affected by CVE-2009-1979 117
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1979

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 96.48%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 99 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

Metasploit modules for CVE-2009-1979

  • Oracle 10gR2 TNS Listener AUTH_SESSKEY Buffer Overflow
    Disclosure Date: 2009-10-20
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/windows/oracle/tns_auth_sesskey
    This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in Oracle. When sending a specially crafted packet containing a long AUTH_SESSKEY value to the TNS service, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code. Authors: - jduck <jduck@metasploit.com>

CVSS scores for CVE-2009-1979

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source
10.0
HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
10.0
10.0
NIST

References for CVE-2009-1979

Products affected by CVE-2009-1979

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