VDB-45882 · CVE-2008-4007 · BID 33177

Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise 8.9.18 privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise 8.9.18 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in privilege escalation. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-4007. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise 8.9.18 (Enterprise Resource Planning Software). Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise Components component in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.9.18 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors.

The bug was discovered 01/13/2009. The weakness was disclosed 01/13/2009 by Esteban Martinez Fayo (TippingPoint) with Application Security, Inc. (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4007 since 09/09/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Python. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 19267 (Oracle January 2009 Security Update Multiple Vulnerabilities).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11238.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 33177†), OSVDB (51326†), Secunia (SA33525†), SecurityTracker (ID 1021570†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20602†). The entries VDB-45903, VDB-45902, VDB-45901 and VDB-45900 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Privilege escalation
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Esteban Martinez Fayo (TippingPoint)
Organization: Application Security, Inc.
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4007 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4007
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45882
SecurityFocus: 33177 - Oracle January 2009 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33525
OSVDB: 51326 - CVE-2008-4007 - Oracle - Multiple Products - Unspecified Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021570
Vulnerability Center: 20602 - [cpujan2009-097901] Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.9.18 Unspecified Remote Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-0115

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 05/27/2025 04:35
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (73), 08/25/2019 18:52 (3), 05/27/2025 04:35 (18)
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