CVE-2019-2995 in Marketing
Summary
by MITRE
Vulnerability in the Oracle Marketing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Marketing Administration). Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.1-12.1.3 and 12.2.3-12.2.9. 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 and while the vulnerability is in Oracle Marketing, 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 Marketing accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Marketing accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 01/09/2024
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2019-2995 represents a critical security flaw within Oracle Marketing component of the Oracle E-Business Suite ecosystem. This vulnerability specifically affects versions 12.1.1 through 12.1.3 and 12.2.3 through 12.2.9, making it a widespread issue across multiple release streams of the Oracle E-Business Suite. The vulnerability resides within the Marketing Administration component, which serves as a core functionality module for customer relationship management and marketing automation processes within enterprise environments. The attack vector is accessible via HTTP network protocols, making it particularly dangerous as it can be exploited from remote locations without requiring authentication credentials.
The technical nature of this vulnerability stems from insufficient input validation and access control mechanisms within the Oracle Marketing component. Attackers can exploit this weakness to gain unauthorized access to sensitive marketing data, including customer information, campaign details, and proprietary business intelligence. The vulnerability's classification as easily exploitable indicates that the attack surface is broad and the implementation requires minimal technical expertise to successfully compromise the system. The CVSS 3.0 score of 8.2 reflects the high severity impact, with confidentiality and integrity being the primary affected areas, though the potential for unauthorized data modification and deletion poses significant operational risks.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond the immediate Oracle Marketing component to potentially affect other interconnected Oracle E-Business Suite products within the same environment. This cascading effect occurs because the Marketing component typically shares data repositories and user authentication mechanisms with other suite components, creating a domino effect of potential compromise. Successful exploitation can result in complete data access and modification capabilities, allowing attackers to alter marketing campaigns, manipulate customer records, or extract sensitive business information that could be used for financial gain or competitive advantage. The requirement for human interaction indicates that while the initial attack may be automated, some form of user engagement or system interaction is necessary for full exploitation, suggesting potential social engineering elements or targeted user engagement strategies.
Organizations affected by this vulnerability should implement immediate mitigations including network segmentation to limit access to Oracle Marketing components, implementing robust firewall rules to restrict HTTP access, and applying the relevant Oracle patches as soon as they become available. The vulnerability aligns with CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and represents a clear violation of the principle of least privilege, where unauthorized access to critical business data is possible without proper authentication. From an ATT&CK framework perspective, this vulnerability maps to techniques involving privilege escalation and data access, potentially enabling adversaries to move laterally within the network and escalate their access to other Oracle suite components. The CVSS vector (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N) indicates that while the attack requires network access and minimal complexity, the human interaction component suggests potential for phishing or targeted user manipulation attacks that could be combined with this vulnerability to maximize impact.