CVE-2017-10401 in Hospitality Cruise Materials Management
Summary
by MITRE
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hospitality Cruise Materials Management component of Oracle Hospitality Applications (subcomponent: MMSUpdater). The supported version that is affected is 7.30.564.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Hospitality Cruise Materials Management executes to compromise Oracle Hospitality Cruise Materials Management. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Hospitality Cruise Materials Management, 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 Cruise Materials Management accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Hospitality Cruise Materials Management accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Hospitality Cruise Materials Management. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.7 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 01/18/2021
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2017-10401 resides within the Oracle Hospitality Cruise Materials Management component, specifically within the MMSUpdater subcomponent of the Oracle Hospitality Applications suite. This particular vulnerability affects version 7.30.564.0 of the software, representing a significant security weakness that can be exploited by attackers with minimal privileges. The vulnerability's classification as easily exploitable indicates that the attack vector requires little sophistication or specialized knowledge, making it particularly dangerous in environments where multiple systems may be interconnected. The affected component operates within the cruise hospitality sector, where material management systems control critical operational data and processes.
The technical flaw manifests as a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows a low-privileged attacker who has already gained logon access to the underlying infrastructure to compromise the Materials Management system. This represents a critical weakness in the principle of least privilege, where the system fails to properly enforce access controls between different security domains. The vulnerability's impact extends beyond the immediate component, as successful exploitation can affect additional products within the Oracle Hospitality ecosystem, creating a cascading effect that amplifies the potential damage. The CVSS 3.0 score of 8.7 reflects the severity of this vulnerability, with scores of 8.7 for confidentiality, integrity, and availability, indicating that the flaw can simultaneously compromise all three core security tenets.
The operational impact of this vulnerability is extensive and multifaceted, providing attackers with unauthorized capabilities to create, delete, or modify critical data within the Materials Management system. This includes access to all data accessible through the system and unauthorized read access to sensitive subsets of data, creating exposure for confidential operational information. Additionally, the vulnerability enables attackers to cause complete denial of service conditions, either through hanging the system or creating frequently repeatable crashes that render the application unusable. The security implications align with CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and CWE-310 (Cryptographic Issues) categories, as the flaw represents a breakdown in access control mechanisms and potentially exposes cryptographic weaknesses. The attack vector classification under ATT&CK framework would fall under T1068 (Exploitation for Privilege Escalation) and T1499 (Endpoint Denial of Service), demonstrating both the privilege escalation and system disruption capabilities of this vulnerability. Organizations utilizing Oracle Hospitality Cruise Materials Management should implement immediate mitigation strategies including network segmentation, access control hardening, and comprehensive monitoring of system activities to detect unauthorized access attempts and potential exploitation of this vulnerability.