What is CVE-2006-0260?

CVE-2006-0260 is a vulnerability in Oracle Database Server. Published 2006-01-18.

Is CVE-2006-0260 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Oracle Database Server

CVE-2006-0260

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Oracle Database server 9.2.0.7 and 10.1.0.5 have unspecified impact and attack vectors, as identified by Oracle Vuln# (1) DB05 in the (a) Data Pump component; (2) DB15 in the (b) Oracle Text component; (3) DB22 in the (c) Streams Apply component; (4) DB23 and (5) DB24 in the (d) Streams Capture component; and (6) DB26 in the (e) Streams Subcomponent. NOTE: details are unavailable from Oracle, but they have not publicly disputed a claim by a reliable independent researcher that states that DB05 involves SQL injection in the (f) LONG2VARCHAR, LONG2VCMAX, LONG2VCNT, and LONG2CLOB functions in the DBMS_METADATA_UTIL package; (g) MAKE_FILTER, FETCH_VIEWS_ERROR, FETCH_FILTERS, FETCH_VIEWS, SET_FILTER_COMMON, DO_FILTER_SCRIPT, SET_TABLE_FILTERS, and MAKE_FILTER_TEXT functions in the DBMS_METADATA_INT package; and (h) GET_PREPOST_TABLE_ACT function in the DBMS_METADATA package.

Published 2006-01-18 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.047 (91.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.047 · newest: 0.047 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Oracle Database Server — versions 9.2.0.7, 10.1.0.5

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24321 (vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/18493 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.osvdb.org/22637 (vdb-entry)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0323 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/16287 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/545804 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
securitytracker.com/id (Patch, vdb-entry)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0243 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.osvdb.org/22543 (vdb-entry)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2006-082403.html

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-0260?: CVE-2006-0260 is a vulnerability in Oracle Database Server. Published 2006-01-18.
Is CVE-2006-0260 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.