CVE-2008-5437

Unspecified vulnerability in the Job Queue component in Oracle Database 9.2.0.8, 9.2.0.8DV, 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.4, and 11.1.0.6 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and integrity, related to DBMS_IJOB.

Published: 2009-01-14 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5437 is rated Moderate Risk (41.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.38%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5437

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 2025-03-17 0.78% 0.38% -0.40%
2 2025-01-20 0.73% 0.78% +0.06%
3 2023-03-07 0.73%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5437

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5437

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5437

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 10.2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_10g:10.2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle database_11i 11.1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_11i:11.1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle database_9i 9.2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_9i:9.2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle database_9i 9.2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:database_9i:9.2.0.8:dv:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5437

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