{"cve":"CVE-2008-6065","nvd":{"published":"2009-02-05T02:30:00.483","modified":"2026-06-16T23:01:30.267","status":"Modified","description":"Oracle Database Server 10.1, 10.2, and 11g grants directory WRITE permissions for arbitrary pathnames that are aliased in a CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY statement, which allows remote authenticated users with CREATE ANY DIRECTORY privileges to gain SYSDBA privileges by aliasing the pathname of the password directory, and then overwriting the password file through UTL_FILE operations, a related issue to CVE-2006-7141.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://www.oracleforensics.com/wordpress/index.php/2008/10/10/create-any-directory-to-sysdba/","http://www.oracleforensics.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/create-any-directory-to-sysdba.pdf","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497286/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31738","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48814"],"products":["oracle:database_server"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:53:23.791937413+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-6065","score":0.02198,"percentile":0.82497,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}