VDB-124157 · CVE-2018-16956 · BID 105350

Oracle WebCenter Interaction 10.3.3 AjaxControl input validation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle WebCenter Interaction 10.3.3 (Content Management System). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component AjaxControl. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The AjaxControl component of Oracle WebCenter Interaction Portal 10.3.3 does not validate the names of pages when processing page rename requests. Pages can be renamed to include characters unsupported for URIs by the web server hosting the WCI Portal software (such as IIS). Renaming pages to include unsupported characters, such as 0x7f, prevents these pages from being accessed over the web server, causing a Denial of Service (DoS) to the page.

The bug was discovered 09/16/2018. The weakness was disclosed 09/18/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-16956 since 09/12/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/24/2020).

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.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-16956 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 105350 - Oracle WebCenter Interaction Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Created: 09/18/2018 14:00
Updated: 03/24/2020 15:57
Changes: 09/18/2018 14:00 (60), 03/24/2020 15:57 (3)
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