CVE-2024-21071 in E-Business Suite
Summary
by MITRE • 04/17/2024
Vulnerability in the Oracle Workflow product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Admin Screens and Grants UI). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.13. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Workflow. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Workflow, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Workflow. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 12/06/2024
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-21071 resides within Oracle Workflow component of the Oracle E-Business Suite, specifically affecting the Admin Screens and Grants UI functionality. This security flaw impacts versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.13, representing a significant attack surface within enterprise business applications. The vulnerability's classification as easily exploitable indicates that attackers with minimal technical sophistication can leverage this weakness, particularly when they possess high privileged network access through HTTP protocols. The attack vector operates through network-based HTTP connections, making it accessible to adversaries who can establish network communication with the target system.
The technical nature of this vulnerability stems from insufficient authorization controls within the administrative interfaces of Oracle Workflow, allowing malicious actors with elevated privileges to perform unauthorized actions. The CVSS 3.1 score of 9.1 reflects the severity of potential impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability domains, with a base score that indicates a high-impact vulnerability requiring immediate attention. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) demonstrates that this vulnerability can be exploited over a network without requiring user interaction, but does require high privileged access, and can cause a scope change that affects additional products beyond the primary target. The scope change aspect is particularly concerning as it suggests that exploitation of this vulnerability could potentially compromise other Oracle E-Business Suite components or integrated systems.
From an operational perspective, successful exploitation of CVE-2024-21071 could result in complete takeover of the Oracle Workflow functionality, enabling attackers to manipulate business processes, access sensitive data, and potentially disrupt critical business operations. The impact extends beyond the immediate workflow component due to the interconnected nature of Oracle E-Business Suite applications, meaning that compromise of one component could facilitate access to related systems and data repositories. This vulnerability aligns with CWE-285, which addresses improper authorization issues, and represents a significant concern for organizations utilizing Oracle E-Business Suite in production environments. The attack could potentially map to ATT&CK technique T1078 for valid accounts and T1566 for social engineering, though the specific vector here involves direct exploitation of administrative interfaces.
Organizations should prioritize immediate patching of affected Oracle E-Business Suite versions, implementing network segmentation to limit access to administrative interfaces, and conducting thorough access control reviews. Additional mitigations include monitoring for unauthorized administrative access attempts, implementing network access controls to restrict HTTP access to administrative interfaces, and establishing robust change management processes for administrative privileges. The vulnerability's classification as high-impact with scope change capabilities necessitates comprehensive security assessments across the entire Oracle E-Business Suite ecosystem, including related applications that might be affected through the scope change mechanism. Security teams should also consider implementing additional logging and monitoring specifically targeting administrative interface access patterns to detect potential exploitation attempts.