CVE-2017-10372 in Hospitality Guest Access
Summary
by MITRE
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hospitality Guest Access component of Oracle Hospitality Applications (subcomponent: Base). Supported versions that are affected are 4.2.0 and 4.2.1. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Hospitality Guest Access. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Hospitality Guest Access, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Hospitality Guest Access accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Hospitality Guest Access. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.7 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 01/18/2021
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2017-10372 resides within the Oracle Hospitality Guest Access component of Oracle Hospitality Applications, specifically within the Base subcomponent. This flaw affects versions 4.2.0 and 4.2.1 of the software, representing a critical security weakness that enables attackers with high privileges and network access via HTTP to compromise the system. The vulnerability's classification as easily exploitable indicates that attackers with minimal technical expertise can leverage this flaw effectively. The security implications extend beyond the immediate component, as successful exploitation can impact additional Oracle Hospitality products within the ecosystem, creating cascading security risks across the broader hospitality application suite.
The technical nature of this vulnerability stems from insufficient access controls and authentication mechanisms within the Guest Access component, allowing an attacker with elevated privileges to manipulate critical data and system operations. The CVSS 3.0 base score of 8.7 reflects the severity of impacts including integrity and availability breaches, with the vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H indicating network-based attacks requiring low complexity but high privilege levels. The vulnerability enables unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification of critical data within the Guest Access system, while simultaneously providing the capability to induce complete denial of service conditions through system hangs or repeated crashes. This dual impact on both data integrity and system availability creates a particularly dangerous security scenario for hospitality environments where guest data management and system reliability are paramount.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends significantly beyond traditional data breach scenarios, as it can result in complete system downtime that affects guest services and operational continuity. The ability to cause frequent system crashes or hangs directly impacts the availability of guest access services, potentially disrupting check-in processes, room access systems, and other critical hospitality operations. Organizations utilizing affected versions may experience substantial business disruption and potential financial losses due to system unavailability. The vulnerability's potential to affect additional products within the Oracle Hospitality ecosystem means that compromise of one component could lead to broader system infiltration, making this a particularly concerning weakness from a risk management perspective.
Mitigation strategies should focus on immediate patching of affected versions to 4.2.2 or later, which would address the authentication and access control flaws present in the vulnerable releases. Network segmentation and access controls should be implemented to limit exposure of the Guest Access component to untrusted networks, while monitoring and logging should be enhanced to detect potential exploitation attempts. Security teams should also implement regular vulnerability assessments and penetration testing to identify similar weaknesses in other Oracle Hospitality components. The vulnerability aligns with CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and CWE-311 (Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data) categories, and represents a significant concern under ATT&CK framework domain of privilege escalation and denial of service operations, requiring comprehensive security remediation across both network and application layers.