Oracle Webserver 2.1 and earlier runs setuid root, but the configuration file is owned by the oracle account, which allows any local or remote attacker who obtains access to the oracle account to gain privileges or modify arbitrary files by modifying the configuration file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.874Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1125

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1997-09-19T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:30:22.210

Link: CVE-1999-1125

cve-icon Redhat

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