Oracle Secure Backup 10.2.0.3 observiced.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Secure Backup 10.2.0.3. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file observiced.exe. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-0072. There is no exploit available. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Secure Backup 10.2.0.3 (Backup Software) and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file observiced.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Secure Backup component in Oracle Secure Backup 10.2.0.3 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the January 2010 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a reliable researcher that this is a buffer overflow in observiced.exe that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a "reverse lookup of connections" to TCP port 10000.

The weakness was disclosed 01/12/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0072. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 02/02/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 45625 (Oracle Database Multiple Vulnerabilities (January 2010 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Databases. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120541 (Oracle Secure Backup Unspecified Remote Code Execution Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11569.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (45625), SecurityFocus (BID 37733†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24589†). The entries VDB-51519, VDB-51518, VDB-51517 and VDB-51516 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 45625
Nessus Name: Oracle Database Multiple Vulnerabilities (January 2010 CPU)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
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CVE: CVE-2010-0072 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0072
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51512
SecurityFocus: 37733 - Oracle Database CVE-2010-0072 Oracle Secure Backup Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 24589 - [cpujan2010-084891] Oracle Database 10.2.0.3 Secure Backup Component Remote Unspecified Vulnerability, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 03:15 PM
Updated: 02/02/2025 12:45 AM
Changes: 03/18/2015 03:15 PM (56), 02/20/2017 10:00 AM (10), 08/30/2021 05:59 PM (3), 08/30/2021 06:06 PM (1), 02/02/2025 12:45 AM (16)
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