CVE-2017-3342 in E-Business Suite
Summary
by MITRE
Vulnerability in the Oracle Marketing component of Oracle E-Business Suite (subcomponent: User Interface). Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, 12.2.5 and 12.2.6. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Marketing. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Marketing accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Marketing accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 12/21/2020
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2017-3342 represents a critical security flaw within Oracle E-Business Suite's Marketing component, specifically within the User Interface subcomponent. This vulnerability affects multiple supported versions including 12.1.1 through 12.2.6, making it a widespread concern across the Oracle EBS ecosystem. The flaw manifests as an easily exploitable weakness that permits unauthenticated attackers to compromise the Oracle Marketing functionality through standard HTTP network connections, eliminating the need for prior authentication or privileged access. The vulnerability's classification as CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.1 indicates a high-severity risk with significant impacts to both confidentiality and integrity, reflecting the potential for substantial data compromise.
The technical nature of this vulnerability stems from insufficient input validation and access control mechanisms within the User Interface component of Oracle Marketing. Attackers can leverage this weakness to perform unauthorized modifications to critical data through HTTP requests without requiring authentication credentials. The vulnerability requires human interaction from a legitimate user to be successfully exploited, suggesting that the attack vector likely involves social engineering or phishing techniques where users inadvertently trigger malicious requests. This requirement for human interaction places the vulnerability in the context of user-facing web applications where user behavior directly impacts security posture. The attack scenario typically involves an attacker crafting malicious web requests that, when executed by an authenticated user, can result in unauthorized data manipulation.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond simple data integrity concerns to encompass comprehensive data compromise capabilities. Successful exploitation can enable attackers to create, delete, or modify all Oracle Marketing accessible data, representing a severe threat to business-critical information systems. Additionally, the vulnerability permits unauthorized read access to subsets of Oracle Marketing accessible data, potentially exposing sensitive business information, customer records, or proprietary marketing data. The confidentiality impact is rated as low to moderate, while the integrity impact is rated as high, indicating that while the attack may not immediately expose all data, it provides substantial capability for data modification and destruction. The vulnerability's network accessibility means that attackers can exploit it from external positions without requiring physical access to the network infrastructure.
Organizations affected by this vulnerability should prioritize immediate remediation through Oracle's security patches and updates. The mitigation strategy should include implementing network-level controls such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems to monitor and restrict HTTP traffic to Oracle Marketing components. Additionally, security awareness training for end users becomes critical to prevent social engineering attacks that could exploit this vulnerability. The vulnerability aligns with CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) categories, demonstrating the intersection of access control weaknesses with web application security flaws. From an ATT&CK framework perspective, this vulnerability maps to techniques involving privilege escalation and data manipulation, potentially enabling adversaries to establish persistent access to marketing data repositories. The combination of network accessibility, lack of authentication requirements, and human interaction requirements makes this vulnerability particularly dangerous in enterprise environments where user trust and network visibility may be compromised.