VDB-92823 · CVE-2016-8285 · BID 93723

Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM 9.2 Candidate Gateway access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM 9.2 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Candidate Gateway. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-8285. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM 9.2 (Enterprise Resource Planning Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Candidate Gateway. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM component in Oracle PeopleSoft Products 9.2 allows remote administrators to affect confidentiality and integrity via vectors related to Candidate Gateway.

The weakness was presented 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. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-8285 since 09/26/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 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 93723†). See VDB-4597, VDB-4598, VDB-79101 and VDB-80318 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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09/26/2016 🔍
10/18/2016 +22 days 🔍
10/19/2016 +1 days 🔍
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10/25/2016 +6 days 🔍
09/27/2022 +2163 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-8285 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-8285
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92823
SecurityFocus: 93723 - Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM CVE-2016-8285 Remote Security Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037046

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/19/2016 10:22
Updated: 09/27/2022 07:00
Changes: 10/19/2016 10:22 (56), 05/13/2019 15:05 (12), 09/27/2022 07:00 (3)
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