VDB-45884 · CVE-2008-4016 · BID 33177

Oracle Collaboration Suite 10.1.2 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Collaboration Suite 10.1.2. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4016. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle Collaboration Suite 10.1.2 (Groupware Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Collaborative Workspaces component in Oracle Collaboration Suite 10.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors.

The bug was discovered 01/13/2009. The weakness was shared 01/13/2009 by Esteban Martinez Fayo (TippingPoint) with Application Security, Inc. (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-4016 since 09/09/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

A public exploit has been developed in Python. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. 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 (51318†), Secunia (SA33525†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20604†). The entries VDB-45903, VDB-45902, VDB-45901 and VDB-45900 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Esteban Martinez Fayo (TippingPoint)
Organization: Application Security, Inc.
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-4016 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4016
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45884
SecurityFocus: 33177 - Oracle January 2009 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33525
OSVDB: 51318 - CVE-2008-4016 - Oracle - Collaboration Suite - Unspecified Issue
Vulnerability Center: 20604 - [cpujan2009-097901] Oracle Collaboration Suite 10.1.2 Collaborative Workspace Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-0115

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 05/27/2025 03:19
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (70), 08/25/2019 20:02 (3), 05/27/2025 03:19 (22)
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