CVE-2008-2625

Unspecified vulnerability in the Core RDBMS component in Oracle Database 9.2.0.8, 9.2.0.8DV, 10.1.0.5, and 10.2.0.2 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the Oracle October 2008 CPU. Oracle has not commented on reliable researcher claims that this issue involves an authentication bypass by establishing a TNS connection and impersonating a user session via a crafted authentication message during proxy authentication mode.

Published: 2008-10-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2625 is rated Moderate Risk (45.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.07%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.53% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2625

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.54% 2.07% +1.53%
2 2025-03-30 0.61% 0.54% -0.07%
3 2025-03-29 0.61%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2625

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
4.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2625

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2625

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle database_10g 10.1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_10g:10.1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle database_10g 10.2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_10g:10.2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle database_9i 9.2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_9i:9.2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle database_9i 9.2.0.8dv cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_9i:9.2.0.8dv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2625

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