VDB-158095 · CVE-2020-9546 · Nessus 216682

Oracle Global Lifecycle Management/OPatch up to 12.2.0.1 Patch Installer deserialization

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.5	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Global Lifecycle Management and OPatch up to 12.2.0.1. It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Patch Installer. This manipulation causes deserialization. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2020-9546. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Oracle Global Lifecycle Management and OPatch up to 12.2.0.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Patch Installer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. The impact remains unknown.

The weakness was published 07/15/2020 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-9546. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 216682 (RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.9 on RHEL 7 (RHSA-2025:1746)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (216682). Similar entries are available at VDB-150782, VDB-158073, VDB-158074 and VDB-158075. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Oracle

Name

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.5

VulDB Base Score: 1.9
VulDB Temp Score: 1.9
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Vendor Base Score (Oracle): 1.9
Vendor Vector (Oracle): 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Deserialization
CWE: CWE-502 / CWE-20
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Nessus ID: 216682
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.9 on RHEL 7 (RHSA-2025:1746)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

03/02/2020 🔍
07/15/2020 +135 days 🔍
07/15/2020 +0 days 🔍
07/16/2020 +1 days 🔍
05/05/2026 +2119 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2020-9546 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-9546
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-158095
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 07/16/2020 09:21
Updated: 05/05/2026 03:56
Changes: 07/16/2020 09:21 (66), 10/30/2020 20:40 (3), 02/24/2025 19:41 (17), 05/05/2026 03:56 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103