Rule Category

SERVER-ORACLE -- Snort has detected traffic exploiting vulnerabilities in Oracle Database Server.

Alert Message

SERVER-ORACLE Application Server 10g OPMN service format string vulnerability exploit attempt

Rule Explanation

Format string vulnerability in the logging function in the Oracle OPMN daemon, as used on Oracle Enterprise Grid Console server 10.2.0.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the URI in an HTTP request to port 6003, aka Oracle reference number 6296175.

What To Look For

This rule alerts when attempts to exploit a string formatting vulnerability in Oracle OPMN is detected.

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Cisco Talos Intelligence Group

Rule Groups

No rule groups

CVE

Rule Vulnerability

Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption is any vulnerability that allows the modification of the content of memory locations in a way not intended by the developer. Memory corruption results are inconsistent; they could lead to fatal errors and system crashes or data leakage; some have no effect at all.

CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2007-5561
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CVE-2009-0993
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MITRE ATT&CK Framework

Tactic: Initial Access

Technique: Exploit Public-Facing Application

For reference, see the MITRE ATT&CK vulnerability types here: https://attack.mitre.org