VDB-125411 · CVE-2018-3256 · Nessus 118177

Oracle E-Business Suite up to 12.2.7 Oracle Email Center access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle E-Business Suite up to 12.2.7. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Oracle Email Center. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-3256. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle E-Business Suite up to 12.2.7 (Supply Chain Management Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Oracle Email Center. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is integrity.

The bug was discovered 10/16/2018. The weakness was released 10/16/2018 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2018 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-3256 since 12/15/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118177 (Oracle E-Business Multiple Vulnerabilities (Oct 2018 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context l.

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 (118177) and SecurityFocus (BID 105631†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-90449, VDB-91385, VDB-91680 and VDB-91681. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Supply Chain Management Software

Vendor

Oracle

Name

E-Business Suite

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 118177
Nessus Name: Oracle E-Business Multiple Vulnerabilities (Oct 2018 CPU)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2018
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-3256 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-3256
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-125411
SecurityFocus: 105631 - Oracle E-Business Suite Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1041897

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/17/2018 08:40
Updated: 05/26/2023 06:13
Changes: 10/17/2018 08:40 (78), 04/02/2020 20:22 (5), 05/26/2023 06:13 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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