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CVE-2009-1979 in the critical feed json

Unspecified vulnerability in the Network Authentication component in Oracle Database 10.1.0.5 and 10.2.0.4 allows remote attackers to affec…

published 17y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2009-1974

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
76.4%
EPSS 76.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
3
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/oracle/tns_auth_sesskey)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

76.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-14).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/oracle/tns_auth_sesskey Oracle 10gR2 TNS Listener AUTH_SESSKEY Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, great rank, 2009-10-20
  • EDB-16342 Oracle 10gR2 - TNS Listener AUTH_SESSKEY Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-11-24
  • EDB-9905 Oracle Database 10.1.0.5 < 10.2.0.4 - AUTH_SESSKEY Length Validation Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2009-10-30

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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