CVE-2018-2882 in MICROS Retail-J
Summary
by MITRE
Vulnerability in the MICROS Retail-J component of Oracle Retail Applications (subcomponent: Interfaces). Supported versions that are affected are 10.2.x, 11.0.x, 12.0.x,12.1.x, 12.1.1.x,12.1.2.x and 13.1.x. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise MICROS Retail-J. While the vulnerability is in MICROS Retail-J, 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 MICROS Retail-J accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.7 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 04/18/2023
The CVE-2018-2882 vulnerability resides within the MICROS Retail-J component of Oracle Retail Applications, specifically within the Interfaces subcomponent that governs data exchange operations. This flaw represents a significant security weakness that affects multiple version streams including 10.2.x, 11.0.x, 12.0.x, 12.1.x, 12.1.1.x, 12.1.2.x, and 13.1.x, indicating a widespread impact across the product lifecycle. The vulnerability operates at the application layer and demonstrates characteristics consistent with insecure direct object reference issues, where the system fails to properly validate user access to resources, allowing unauthorized manipulation of critical retail data systems.
The technical implementation of this vulnerability stems from insufficient input validation and access control mechanisms within the MICROS Retail-J interfaces. An attacker with low privileges and network access via HTTP can exploit this weakness to perform unauthorized operations including creating, deleting, or modifying critical data within the affected systems. The CVSS 3.0 scoring of 7.7 reflects the integrity impact severity, where the potential for data modification and destruction is substantial. The vulnerability's exploitability requires minimal complexity with low access requirements and no user interaction, making it particularly dangerous in environments where network exposure is common.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond the immediate MICROS Retail-J component, potentially affecting additional Oracle Retail Applications products that share common interfaces or data repositories. This cascading effect aligns with ATT&CK technique T1078.004 for valid accounts and T1566 for social engineering, as attackers can leverage the compromised access to gain broader system penetration. Successful exploitation can result in complete data integrity compromise, allowing attackers to modify point-of-sale transactions, customer records, inventory data, or financial information, which could lead to significant financial losses and regulatory compliance violations.
Organizations should implement immediate mitigations including network segmentation to limit access to retail interfaces, enforcing strict authentication controls, and applying Oracle's official security patches. The vulnerability's classification under CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) indicates that proper privilege enforcement mechanisms are missing or misconfigured. Security monitoring should focus on unusual data modification patterns and unauthorized access attempts to retail interfaces. Additionally, implementing web application firewalls and conducting regular security assessments of retail application interfaces will help detect and prevent exploitation attempts, while maintaining audit logs of all interface access for forensic analysis and compliance reporting purposes.