CVE-2017-10405 in Hospitality Reporting
Summary
by MITRE
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics component of Oracle Hospitality Applications (subcomponent: Report). 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. 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 access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 01/18/2021
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2017-10405 resides within the Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics component, specifically within the Report subcomponent of Oracle Hospitality Applications. This security flaw affects two major version releases including 8.5.1 and 9.0.0, representing a significant exposure across the Oracle Hospitality product ecosystem. The vulnerability operates at the network level and presents an easily exploitable condition that allows unauthenticated attackers to gain access to the targeted system through standard HTTP protocols. This represents a critical weakness in the authentication and access control mechanisms implemented within the reporting and analytics framework.
The technical nature of this vulnerability stems from inadequate input validation and access control measures within the reporting component, enabling attackers to bypass authentication requirements entirely. The flaw operates through HTTP network access, which means that any individual with network connectivity to the affected Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics system can exploit this vulnerability without requiring prior authentication credentials or privileged access. The CVSS 3.0 scoring system rates this vulnerability at 8.2 out of 10, indicating a high-severity issue with significant impact potential. The scoring reflects the combination of high confidentiality impact, where attackers can access critical data, and low integrity impact, with no modification capabilities, but with a substantial availability impact that can cause complete denial of service conditions.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond the immediate reporting and analytics functionality, potentially affecting multiple Oracle Hospitality products within the broader ecosystem. Successful exploitation can result in unauthorized access to sensitive customer and business data stored within the reporting systems, creating significant confidentiality risks for hospitality organizations. Additionally, attackers can achieve complete access to all data accessible through the reporting and analytics component, potentially exposing financial records, guest information, and operational data. The availability impact is equally concerning as successful exploitation can cause the system to hang or experience frequent crashes, effectively rendering the reporting and analytics functionality completely unusable for legitimate business operations. This denial of service condition can severely disrupt hospitality operations, particularly during peak booking periods or when critical business intelligence reports are required for decision-making processes.
The vulnerability aligns with CWE-287, which addresses improper authentication issues, and represents a clear violation of the principle of least privilege and proper access control implementation. From an adversarial perspective, this vulnerability maps to several ATT&CK tactics including initial access through network service exploitation and privilege escalation via unauthenticated access to administrative functions. Organizations should implement immediate mitigations including network segmentation to restrict access to the reporting and analytics components, deployment of web application firewalls to monitor and filter HTTP traffic, and implementation of strong network access controls. The recommended remediation involves applying Oracle's official security patches and updates, implementing proper authentication mechanisms, and conducting comprehensive vulnerability assessments of all Oracle Hospitality components to identify similar weaknesses. Organizations should also consider network monitoring solutions to detect anomalous access patterns and unauthorized access attempts to these critical reporting systems.