CVE-2017-10097 in Hospitality Reporting
Summary
by MITRE
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics component of Oracle Hospitality Applications (subcomponent: Reporting). Supported versions that are affected are 8.5.1 and 9.0.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 01/03/2021
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2017-10097 resides within the Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics component of Oracle Hospitality Applications, specifically within the Reporting subcomponent. This security flaw affects Oracle Hospitality Applications versions 8.5.1 and 9.0.0, representing a significant concern for hospitality organizations that rely on these systems for business intelligence and analytics. The vulnerability demonstrates characteristics of a remote code execution risk that can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers, making it particularly dangerous as it requires no prior authentication credentials to initiate attacks. The attack vector operates through HTTP network connections, allowing threat actors to exploit this weakness from external networks without requiring physical access to the target systems.
The technical nature of this vulnerability stems from inadequate input validation and access control mechanisms within the reporting application's HTTP handling components. Attackers can leverage this flaw to perform unauthorized operations including data modification, insertion, and deletion within the affected database systems. The vulnerability's classification as easily exploitable indicates that the attack surface is relatively accessible, with minimal technical sophistication required to execute successful attacks. Furthermore, the vulnerability's impact extends beyond the immediate reporting and analytics system, potentially affecting additional Oracle Hospitality products within the ecosystem. The requirement for human interaction from individuals other than the attacker suggests that social engineering or user manipulation may be necessary to complete the exploitation process, though the initial system compromise remains unauthenticated.
From a security impact perspective, the vulnerability carries a CVSS 3.0 base score of 6.1, reflecting moderate to high severity concerns. The scoring indicates that attackers can achieve both confidentiality and integrity impacts without requiring privileges or user interaction beyond initial system compromise. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) reveals that network-based attacks are possible with low complexity, no authentication requirements, and that human interaction is needed for successful exploitation. The vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to sensitive data subsets and unauthorized modification capabilities, potentially allowing attackers to alter business intelligence reports, manipulate financial data, or compromise the integrity of analytics systems. The confidentiality impact is rated as low to moderate, while the integrity impact is similarly rated, indicating that while the vulnerability does not allow for complete system compromise, it can significantly affect data integrity and potentially lead to business disruption.
Organizations should implement immediate mitigations including network segmentation to limit access to the affected systems, deployment of web application firewalls to monitor and filter HTTP traffic, and implementation of strong access controls and authentication mechanisms. The vulnerability's classification under CWE 284 (Improper Access Control) and potential mapping to ATT&CK technique T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application) highlights the need for comprehensive security monitoring and incident response capabilities. Regular patch management should be prioritized, with organizations upgrading to supported versions of Oracle Hospitality Applications that contain fixes for this vulnerability. Additionally, security awareness training should address the social engineering aspects that may be exploited in conjunction with this technical vulnerability to prevent human interaction requirements from being satisfied by attackers.