CVE-2008-3992 in Database 10g
Summary
by MITRE
Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Data Mining component in Oracle Database 10.2.0.4 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and integrity, related to DMSYS.DBMS_DM_EXP_INTERNAL.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 08/19/2019
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2008-3992 resides within Oracle Database's Data Mining component, specifically affecting version 10.2.0.4. This represents a critical security flaw that enables remote authenticated attackers to compromise both confidentiality and integrity of database systems. The vulnerability manifests through the DMSYS.DBMS_DM_EXP_INTERNAL package, which serves as an internal interface for data mining export operations within Oracle's database architecture.
This weakness constitutes a privilege escalation and data exposure vulnerability that operates at the database kernel level, allowing authenticated users to potentially access sensitive data and modify database structures. The flaw exists within Oracle's internal data mining export functionality, which typically should only be accessible to authorized database administrators or specific system users. The unspecified nature of the vulnerability suggests it involves complex interactions between database components, potentially including improper access controls, insufficient input validation, or flawed privilege management within the data mining framework.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond simple data theft, as it enables attackers to manipulate database integrity through unauthorized modification of data mining configurations and potentially corrupt database structures. Remote authenticated access means that an attacker with valid database credentials can exploit this flaw from any network location, making the attack surface significantly broader than local privilege escalation vulnerabilities. This vulnerability directly affects the core security model of Oracle Database, potentially allowing attackers to bypass standard access controls and gain unauthorized access to sensitive data mining models, statistical analyses, and related metadata.
Security professionals should recognize this vulnerability as a potential indicator of broader access control weaknesses within Oracle Database installations. The issue aligns with common weakness enumerations such as CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and CWE-310 (Cryptographic Issues), though the specific implementation details remain unspecified. From an attack framework perspective, this vulnerability maps to multiple ATT&CK techniques including privilege escalation, credential access, and data manipulation. Organizations should prioritize immediate patching and implementation of network segmentation controls to limit potential exploitation. The vulnerability also highlights the importance of regular security assessments of database components and proper access control enforcement, particularly for internal database packages that should remain restricted to authorized administrative functions.