CVE-2021-2485 in Trade Management
Summary
by MITRE • 10/20/2021
Vulnerability in the Oracle Trade Management product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Quotes). Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.1-12.1.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Trade Management. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Trade Management accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Trade Management accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 10/24/2021
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2021-2485 represents a critical security flaw within Oracle Trade Management component of the Oracle E-Business Suite ecosystem. This vulnerability specifically affects versions 12.1.1 through 12.1.3, making it a significant concern for organizations utilizing these older releases. The flaw resides in the Quotes functionality of the Trade Management product, which serves as a fundamental component for managing trade quotations and related business processes within enterprise environments. The vulnerability's classification as easily exploitable indicates that attackers can leverage relatively straightforward attack vectors to compromise the system, making it particularly dangerous in production environments where security controls may be insufficient.
The technical nature of this vulnerability stems from inadequate authorization controls within the Oracle Trade Management system, allowing low privileged attackers with network access via HTTP to execute unauthorized operations against the affected components. This weakness enables attackers to perform data manipulation operations including creation, deletion, and modification of critical data within the Oracle Trade Management environment. The vulnerability's impact extends beyond simple data corruption to include complete unauthorized access to all data accessible through the Trade Management system, representing a severe compromise of both confidentiality and integrity controls. The CVSS 3.1 score of 8.1 reflects the high severity of this flaw, with the vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N indicating network-based exploitation requiring low attack complexity, low privilege requirements, and resulting in high impact on both confidentiality and integrity without user interaction.
From an operational perspective, this vulnerability creates substantial risk for organizations managing trade operations, as it allows attackers to manipulate quotation data, potentially leading to financial losses, competitive disadvantages, and regulatory compliance violations. The ability to modify critical trade data means that attackers could alter pricing information, customer quotations, or other business-critical elements that directly impact revenue and business operations. The vulnerability's presence in versions 12.1.1-12.1.3 suggests that organizations using these older releases face significant exposure, as these versions likely lack modern security controls and patches that would normally prevent such unauthorized access patterns. This flaw directly violates security principles outlined in CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and aligns with ATT&CK techniques related to privilege escalation and data manipulation within enterprise applications.
Organizations should prioritize immediate remediation of this vulnerability through patching or upgrading to supported versions of Oracle E-Business Suite, as the low privilege requirements and network accessibility make this vulnerability particularly attractive to threat actors. Additional mitigations should include network segmentation to limit access to Oracle Trade Management systems, implementation of web application firewalls to monitor and filter HTTP traffic, and enhanced monitoring of access patterns to identify potential exploitation attempts. The vulnerability's impact on both confidentiality and integrity makes it essential for organizations to conduct thorough security assessments of their trade management processes and implement compensating controls such as database auditing, access logging, and regular security reviews to detect and respond to potential exploitation attempts.