VDB-76627 · CVE-2015-2640 · BID 75763

Oracle Berkeley DB 11.2.5.1.29/11.2.5.2.42/11.2.5.3.28/12.1.6.0.35 Data Store Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Berkeley DB 11.2.5.1.29/11.2.5.2.42/11.2.5.3.28/12.1.6.0.35. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Data Store. This manipulation causes Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2015-2640. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Oracle Berkeley DB 11.2.5.1.29/11.2.5.2.42/11.2.5.3.28/12.1.6.0.35 (Software Library). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Data Store. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Data Store component in Oracle Berkeley DB 11.2.5.1.29, 11.2.5.2.42, 11.2.5.3.28, and 12.1.6.0.35 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2583, CVE-2015-2624, CVE-2015-2626, CVE-2015-2654, CVE-2015-2656, CVE-2015-4754, CVE-2015-4764, CVE-2015-4775, CVE-2015-4776, CVE-2015-4777, CVE-2015-4778, CVE-2015-4780, CVE-2015-4781, CVE-2015-4782, CVE-2015-4783, CVE-2015-4784, CVE-2015-4785, CVE-2015-4786, CVE-2015-4787, CVE-2015-4789, and CVE-2015-4790.

The weakness was disclosed 07/16/2015 with Oracle (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-2640 since 03/20/2015. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370252 (Oracle Berkeley DB Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUJUL2015)).

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 SecurityFocus (BID 75763†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-51440†). The entries VDB-76560, VDB-76561, VDB-76562 and VDB-76563 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
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Physical: Partially
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: oracle.com
Organization: Oracle
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-2640 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-2640
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76627
SecurityFocus: 75763 - Oracle Berkely DB CVE-2015-2640 Local Security Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 51440 - [cpujul2015-2367936] Oracle Berkeley DB Local Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2015-2640, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/17/2015 10:51
Updated: 07/14/2017 08:55
Changes: 07/17/2015 10:51 (50), 07/14/2017 08:55 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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