Oracle Application Express 3.0.1 Remote Code Execution

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle Application Express 3.0.1. It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Application Express. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Application Express component in Oracle Application Express 3.0.1 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, aka APEX02.

The bug was discovered 04/15/2008. The weakness was presented 04/16/2008 by Esteban Martinez Fayo (Portcullis) with Application Security, Inc. (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1822 since 04/15/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/08/2019).

It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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 $25k-$100k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 19232 (Oracle April 2008 Security Update Multiple Vulnerabilities).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6063.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (42041). See 41992, 41991, 41990 and 41989 for similar entries.

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Class: Remote Code Execution
CWE: Unknown
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Esteban Martinez Fayo (Portcullis)
Organization: Application Security, Inc.
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1822 (🔍)
X-Force: 42041
SecurityTracker: 1019855
Vulnerability Center: 18191 - Oracle Application Express in Oracle Application Express 3.0.1 Unspecified Vulnerability APEX02, Medium
SecurityFocus: 28725 - Oracle April 2008 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29829
OSVDB: 44501 - CVE-2008-1822 - Oracle - Application Express - Unspecified Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-1233

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/08/2019 15:59
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (57), 08/08/2019 15:59 (16)
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