dbsnmp in Oracle Intelligent Agent allows local users to gain privileges by setting the ORACLE_HOME environmental variable, which dbsnmp us…

published 1999-08-16 27 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0869

cvss: 4.6; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits: 2; Exploit-DB

dbsnmp in Oracle Intelligent Agent allows local users to gain privileges by setting the ORACLE_HOME environmental variable, which dbsnmp uses to find the nmiconf.tcl script.

Timeline

1999-08-16 First public exploit (EDB-19461)
1999-08-16 Published

Exploit prediction

1.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-19461 Oracle 8 8.1.5 - Intelligent Agent (2) local, 1999-08-16
EDB-19460 Oracle 8 8.1.5 - Intelligent Agent (1) local, 1999-08-16

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Technology feeds

Oracle Database rss critical rss

References

securityfocus.com /bid/585
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-1999-0888
NVD CVE-1999-0888

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Summary