Oracle BI Publisher 7.0.0.0.0/7.6.0.0.0/12.2.1.4.0 Web Server privilege escalation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle BI Publisher 7.0.0.0.0/7.6.0.0.0/12.2.1.4.0. It has been rated as very critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Web Server. The manipulation leads to Remote Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-21254. 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, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Oracle BI Publisher 7.0.0.0.0/7.6.0.0.0/12.2.1.4.0. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Web Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the Oracle BI Publisher product of Oracle Analytics (component: Web Server). Supported versions that are affected are 7.0.0.0.0, 7.6.0.0.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle BI Publisher. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle BI Publisher. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-21254 since 12/07/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. 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 11/05/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210343 (Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (October 2024 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (210343). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• Reporting Software

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• Oracle

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• BI Publisher

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• 7.0.0.0.0
• 7.6.0.0.0
• 12.2.1.4.0

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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