CVE-2019-2409 in Hospitality Cruise Shipboard Property Management System
Summary
by MITRE
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hospitality Cruise Shipboard Property Management System component of Oracle Hospitality Applications (subcomponent: SPMS Suite). The supported version that is affected is 8.0.8. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Hospitality Cruise Shipboard Property Management System executes to compromise Oracle Hospitality Cruise Shipboard Property Management System. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Hospitality Cruise Shipboard Property Management System, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Hospitality Cruise Shipboard Property Management System as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Hospitality Cruise Shipboard Property Management System accessible data and unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Hospitality Cruise Shipboard Property Management System accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 06/28/2023
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2019-2409 resides within the Oracle Hospitality Cruise Shipboard Property Management System component of Oracle Hospitality Applications, specifically within the SPMS Suite subcomponent. This critical security flaw affects version 8.0.8 of the system and represents a significant risk to cruise ship operations where hospitality management systems control essential services and guest experiences. The vulnerability's classification as easily exploitable indicates that attackers with minimal technical expertise and low-privileged access to the system infrastructure can leverage this weakness to gain deeper control over the environment.
The technical nature of this vulnerability stems from insufficient access controls and authentication mechanisms within the SPMS Suite component. Attackers with legitimate login credentials to the system infrastructure can exploit this weakness to compromise the entire property management system. The vulnerability requires human interaction from individuals other than the attacker, suggesting that social engineering or insider threats may be necessary components for successful exploitation. This requirement does not diminish the severity but rather indicates that the attack vector involves human factors that could be leveraged by threat actors to achieve system compromise.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends far beyond the immediate property management system, potentially affecting multiple interconnected products within the cruise ship hospitality ecosystem. A successful attack can result in complete denial of service conditions that may cause system hangs or frequent crashes, effectively rendering critical hospitality services unavailable to passengers and crew members. The confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts are significant as attackers can gain unauthorized access to modify, delete, or insert data within the system. This includes the ability to read sensitive data subsets and potentially manipulate guest information, reservation systems, and operational records that are fundamental to cruise ship operations.
The CVSS 3.0 score of 7.3 reflects the severity of this vulnerability, with the vector AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H indicating local access requirements, low attack complexity, limited privileges needed, required human interaction, and a cascading impact that affects additional products. This vulnerability aligns with CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and represents a classic privilege escalation scenario where limited access can be leveraged to achieve broader system compromise. The attack patterns associated with this vulnerability can be mapped to ATT&CK techniques including privilege escalation and defense evasion, as attackers may attempt to maintain persistent access while avoiding detection mechanisms.
Organizations should implement immediate mitigations including network segmentation to isolate the affected systems, enhanced monitoring of system access logs, and implementation of least privilege principles for all user accounts. Regular security assessments and vulnerability scanning should be conducted to identify similar weaknesses within the hospitality management infrastructure. The affected systems require immediate patching and configuration reviews to strengthen access controls and authentication mechanisms. Additionally, staff training programs should address the human interaction requirements of this vulnerability to reduce the risk of social engineering attacks that could lead to system compromise.