Oracle Siebel Engineering-Rel Eng up to 22.8 Build System Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Siebel Engineering-Rel Eng up to 22.8. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Build System. The manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2020-16856. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Siebel Engineering-Rel Eng up to 22.8 (Customer Relationship Management System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Build System. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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The weakness was released 10/19/2022 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2022. The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-16856. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2022
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-16856 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-16856
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-211686

Entryinfo

Created: 10/19/2022 08:30
Updated: 02/24/2026 08:24
Changes: 10/19/2022 08:30 (38), 11/17/2022 14:36 (2), 11/17/2022 14:37 (17), 11/17/2022 14:38 (1), 02/24/2026 08:24 (26)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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