VDB-92807 · CVE-2016-8294 · BID 93695

Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.54/8.55 Query information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.54/8.55. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Query. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-8294. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.54/8.55 (Enterprise Resource Planning Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Query. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools component in Oracle PeopleSoft Products 8.54 and 8.55 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 10/19/2016 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-8294 since 09/26/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. 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.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 93695†). The entries VDB-4597, VDB-4598, VDB-79101 and VDB-80318 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Recommended: Upgrade
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09/26/2016 🔍
10/18/2016 +22 days 🔍
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10/25/2016 +6 days 🔍
09/26/2022 +2162 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-8294 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-8294
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92807
SecurityFocus: 93695 - Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools CVE-2016-8294 Remote Security Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037046

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/19/2016 10:22
Updated: 09/26/2022 19:17
Changes: 10/19/2016 10:22 (56), 05/14/2019 20:15 (12), 09/26/2022 19:17 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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