bugtraq - CREATE ANY DIRECTORY to SYSDBA

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Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:39:46 -0600
From: paul.wright@...cleforensics.com
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: CREATE ANY DIRECTORY to SYSDBA

I have found a serious privilege escalation in the Oracle DB that raises a lower privileged user with CREATE ANY DIRECTORY to that of SYSDBA by directly overwriting the hidden binary password file with a known binary password file via UTL_DIR. Full discussion of how to defend and respond to this are included and YES Oracle have been forewarned.
All Oracle DB folks should read this ASAP.
http://www.oracleforensics.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/10/10/create-any-directory-to-sysdba/