VDB-92990 · CVE-2016-5556 · BID 93618

Oracle Java SE 6u121/7u111/8u102 2D access control

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Oracle Java SE 6u121/7u111/8u102 (Programming Language Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component 2D. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u121, 7u111, and 8u102 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to 2D.

The weakness was published 10/19/2016 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-5556 since 06/16/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/28/2022). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94501 (RHEL 5 : java-1.7.0-ibm (RHSA-2016:2138)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236121 (Red Hat Update for java-1.6.0-sun (RHSA-2016:2090)).

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 (94501). Similar entries are available at 4597, 4598, 79101 and 80318.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 94501
Nessus Name: RHEL 5 : java-1.7.0-ibm (RHSA-2016:2138)
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OpenVAS ID: 830442
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for java-1_8_0-openjdk openSUSE-SU-2016:2862-1 (java-1_8_0-openjdk)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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10/18/2016 +124 days 🔍
10/19/2016 +1 days 🔍
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10/25/2016 +6 days 🔍
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09/28/2022 +2155 days 🔍

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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-5556 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1037040
SecurityFocus: 93618 - Oracle Java SE CVE-2016-5556 Remote Security Vulnerability

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Created: 10/19/2016 10:22
Updated: 09/28/2022 08:20
Changes: 10/19/2016 10:22 (71), 05/15/2019 07:31 (12), 09/28/2022 08:20 (3)
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