Oracle Communications Design Studio 7.4.2 PSR Designer code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as very critical has been reported in Oracle Communications Design Studio 7.4.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component PSR Designer. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-42889. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Communications Design Studio 7.4.2 (Cloud Software). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component PSR Designer. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 01/17/2023 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2023. The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-42889. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/21/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. 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.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (52261) and Tenable (216682). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Cloud Software

Vendor

Oracle

Name

Communications Design Studio

Version

7.4.2

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.3

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 216682
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.9 on RHEL 7 (RHSA-2025:1746)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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10/12/2022 🔍
01/17/2023 +97 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2023
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-42889 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-42889
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-218537
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 01/18/2023 07:27
Updated: 04/21/2025 13:01
Changes: 01/18/2023 07:27 (38), 02/09/2023 20:53 (2), 02/09/2023 21:00 (11), 02/25/2025 21:36 (17), 04/21/2025 13:01 (11)
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Cache ID: 216:A03:103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.