Oracle Secure Backup up to 18.1.0.2 General Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Oracle Secure Backup up to 18.1.0.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component General. The manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-21578. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle Secure Backup up to 18.1.0.2. Affected is an unknown function of the component General. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in Oracle Secure Backup (component: General). Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.0.1, 12.1.0.2, 12.1.0.3, 18.1.0.0, 18.1.0.1 and 18.1.0.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Secure Backup executes to compromise Oracle Secure Backup. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Secure Backup. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.7 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-21578 since 12/25/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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CNA Base Score: 6.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/25/2024 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: oracle.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-21578 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-21578
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-304920

Entryinfo

Created: 04/15/2025 23:15
Changes: 04/15/2025 23:15 (62)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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