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CVE-2020-2978
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition Unauthorized Data Access Vulnerability
Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition component of Oracle Database Server. Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1, 18c and 19c. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker having DBA role account privilege with network access via Oracle Net to compromise Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.1 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N).

INFO

Published Date :

July 15, 2020, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:26 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-2978 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-2978 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Oracle database

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
9 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 21, 2022, 7:45 a.m. This repo has been linked 944 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 7 months, 4 weeks ago
34 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : March 12, 2021, 12:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1063 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
18 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1053 different CVEs too.

CVE-2020-2978

Updated: 4 years, 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 18, 2020, 6:56 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-2978 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-2978 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172183/Oracle-RMAN-Missing-Auditing.html
    Added Reference https://databasesecurityninja.wordpress.com/2020/12/01/cve-2020-2978-rman-audit-table-point-in-time-recovery-not-logged/
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 05, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172183/Oracle-RMAN-Missing-Auditing.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 30, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://databasesecurityninja.wordpress.com/2020/12/01/cve-2020-2978-rman-audit-table-point-in-time-recovery-not-logged/ No Types Assigned https://databasesecurityninja.wordpress.com/2020/12/01/cve-2020-2978-rman-audit-table-point-in-time-recovery-not-logged/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 01, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://databasesecurityninja.wordpress.com/2020/12/01/cve-2020-2978-rman-audit-table-point-in-time-recovery-not-logged/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database:12.1.0.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database:12.2.0.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database:18c:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database:19d:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-2978 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-2978 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.21 }} -11.30%

score

0.40201

percentile

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