CVE-2008-3973

Unspecified vulnerability in the SQL*Plus Windows GUI component in Oracle Database allows local users to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors.

Published: 2009-01-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3973 is rated Low Risk (15.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3973

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 0.06% 0.33% +0.27%
2 2023-03-07 1.03% 0.06% -0.97%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.03% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3973

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.7 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.1 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3973

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3973

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 10.1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_10g:10.1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle database_10g 10.1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_10g:10.1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle database_10g 10.2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_10g:10.2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle database_10g 10.2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_10g:10.2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle database_10g 10.2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_10g:10.2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle database_11g — cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_11g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3973

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