Oracle VM 2.2.1 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle VM 2.2.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2010-3583. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle VM 2.2.1. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the OracleVM component in Oracle VM 2.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to ovs-agent. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October 2010 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a third party researcher that this is related to the exposure of multiple unspecified functions through XML-RPC that allow execution of arbitrary OS commands.

The weakness was shared 10/14/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-3583 since 09/20/2010. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/24/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68878 (OracleVM 2.2 : ovs-agent (OVMSA-2010-0015)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family OracleVM Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 19589 (Oracle Database October 2010 Security Update Multiple Vulnerabilities).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (68878) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27679†). The entries VDB-4203, VDB-51863, VDB-51862 and VDB-51861 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 68878
Nessus Name: OracleVM 2.2 : ovs-agent (OVMSA-2010-0015)
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09/20/2010 🔍
10/12/2010 +22 days 🔍
10/13/2010 +1 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1617 days 🔍
03/24/2025 +3658 days 🔍

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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
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CVE: CVE-2010-3583 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3583
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55089

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SecurityFocus: 44031
Vulnerability Center: 27679 - [cpuoct2010-175626] Oracle VM 2.2.1 Avs-Agent xmlrpc tcp/ip Remote Unspecified Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 03/24/2025 06:03
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (52), 03/07/2017 21:43 (8), 09/27/2021 09:25 (4), 03/24/2025 06:03 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:4DF:103

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