Oracle Database Server 11.2.0.4/12.1.0.2 RDBMS Security information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle Database Server 11.2.0.4/12.1.0.2 (Database Software). This issue affects an unknown code of the component RDBMS Security. 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 summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the RDBMS Security component in Oracle Database Server 11.2.0.4 and 12.1.0.2 allows local users to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5499.

The weakness was disclosed 10/19/2016 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-5498 since 06/16/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94201 (Oracle Database Multiple Vulnerabilities (October 2016 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Databases. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 20024 (Oracle Database October 2016 Patch Set Update (PSU) 11.2.0.4.161018 Not Installed (Patch 24433791)).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (94201) and SecurityFocus (BID 93620†). The entries VDB-4597, VDB-4598, VDB-79101 and VDB-80318 are pretty similar.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 94201
Nessus Name: Oracle Database Multiple Vulnerabilities (October 2016 CPU)
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OpenVAS ID: 802108
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Database Server Unspecified Vulnerability -01 July16
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-5498 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 93620 - Oracle Database Server CVE-2016-5498 Local Security Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037035

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Created: 10/19/2016 10:22 AM
Updated: 09/26/2022 01:01 PM
Changes: 10/19/2016 10:22 AM (65), 04/07/2017 05:07 PM (14), 09/26/2022 12:53 PM (2), 09/26/2022 01:01 PM (1)
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