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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as very critical has been reported in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.53/8.54. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component PIA Search Functionality. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-0496. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.53/8.54 (Enterprise Resource Planning Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component PIA Search Functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools component in Oracle PeopleSoft Products 8.53 and 8.54 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality via vectors related to PIA Search Functionality.

The weakness was released 04/14/2015 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2015 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-0496 since 12/17/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370196 (Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools Product Multiple Vulnerabilites (CPUAPR2015)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 74151†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-49809†). Additional details are provided at krebsonsecurity.com. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-74910, VDB-74899, VDB-74900 and VDB-74901. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Enterprise Resource Planning Software

Vendor

• Oracle

Name

• PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools

Version

• 8.53
• 8.54

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/17/2014 🔍
04/14/2015 +118 days 🔍
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05/06/2022 +2572 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2015
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2015-0496 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-0496
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74911
SecurityFocus: 74151 - Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools CVE-2015-0496 Remote Security Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032125
Vulnerability Center: 49809 - [cpuapr2015-2365600] Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools Remote Information Disclosure - CVE-2015-0496, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/15/2015 14:26
Updated: 05/06/2022 16:28
Changes: 04/15/2015 14:26 (64), 06/27/2017 03:12 (3), 05/06/2022 16:28 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:7B0:103

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