Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Benefits Administration 9.2 permission assignment

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Benefits Administration 9.2. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-21063. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Benefits Administration 9.2. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-732. The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Benefits Administration product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Benefits Administration). The supported version that is affected is 9.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Benefits Administration executes to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Benefits Administration. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Benefits Administration accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Benefits Administration accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Benefits Administration. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L).

The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-21063 since 12/07/2023. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/03/2024).

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• Enterprise Resource Planning Software

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• Oracle

Name

• PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Benefits Administration

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• 9.2

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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