CVE-2020-2978Vulnerability in the Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition component of Oracle Database Server. Supported versions that are affected are…
- 4.1MediumCVSS base score
- 1.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 30% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition component of Oracle Database Server. Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1, 18c and 19c. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker having DBA role account privilege with network access via Oracle Net to compromise Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.1 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N).
Timeline
ID reserved
By oracle
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| oracleCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 30% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.1.
Affected products
Oracle Corporation · Oracle Database
- affected 12.1.0.2
- affected 12.2.0.1
- affected 18c
- affected 19c
References
References3
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://databasesecurityninja.wordpress.com/2020/12/01/cve-2020-2978-rman-audit-table-point-in-time-recovery-not-logged/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172183/Oracle-RMAN-Missing-Auditing.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-22771 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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