Oracle Primavera Unifier 16.x/17.x/18.x Moment resource management
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Oracle Primavera Unifier 16.x/17.x/18.x. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Moment. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-4055. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Oracle Primavera Unifier 16.x/17.x/18.x (Asset Management Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Moment. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
The duration function in the moment package before 2.11.2 for Node.js allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long string, aka a "regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)."
The bug was discovered 01/26/2016. The weakness was released 07/18/2018 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2018 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-4055 since 04/20/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 363 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 111213 (Oracle Primavera Unifier Multiple Vulnerabilities (July 2018 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (111213) and SecurityFocus (BID 95849†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-79791, VDB-95830, VDB-97118 and VDB-99028. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
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- Vendor: https://www.oracle.com
CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4
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Exploiting
Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 111213
Nessus Name: Oracle Primavera Unifier Multiple Vulnerabilities (July 2018 CPU)
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Timeline
01/26/2016 🔍04/20/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: oracle.comAdvisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2018
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4055 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4055
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-121586
SecurityFocus: 95849 - Moment.js CVE-2016-4055 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 07/18/2018 10:06Updated: 05/14/2026 13:59
Changes: 07/18/2018 10:06 (80), 03/06/2020 08:20 (5), 05/14/2026 13:59 (17)
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