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6.2	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Database Server 11.2.0.4/12.1.0.2 (Database Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component XML Database. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 10/17/2017. The weakness was presented 10/19/2017 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2017 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-10261 since 06/21/2017. The attack needs to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 103971 (Oracle Database Multiple Vulnerabilities (October 2017 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Databases and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 20052 (Oracle Database October 2017 Patch Set Update (PSU) 11.2.0.4.171017 Not Installed (Patch 26636315)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (103971). See 21337, 63776, 90671 and 96545 for similar entries.

Productinfo

Type

• Database Software

Vendor

• Oracle

Name

• Database Server

Version

• 11.2.0.4
• 12.1.0.2

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

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• 🔍
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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Vendor Base Score (Oracle): 6.5
Vendor Vector (Oracle): 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Nessus ID: 103971
Nessus Name: Oracle Database Multiple Vulnerabilities (October 2017 CPU)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 802108
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Database Server Unspecified Vulnerability -01 July16
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

06/21/2017 🔍
10/17/2017 +118 days 🔍
10/17/2017 +0 days 🔍
10/19/2017 +1 days 🔍
10/19/2017 +0 days 🔍
10/19/2017 +0 days 🔍
10/19/2017 +0 days 🔍
10/19/2017 +0 days 🔍
01/17/2021 +1186 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2017
Researcher: Zakaria Amous
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2017-10261 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1039591
SecurityFocus: 101344 - Oracle Database Server CVE-2017-10261 Local Security Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/20/2017 00:02
Updated: 01/17/2021 11:13
Changes: 10/20/2017 00:02 (86), 11/26/2019 09:16 (5), 01/17/2021 11:10 (3), 01/17/2021 11:13 (1)
Complete: 🔍

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