Oracle Applications DBA up to 12.2.6 Patching access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle Applications DBA 12.1.3/12.2.3/12.2.4/12.2.5/12.2.6. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Patching. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2017-3286. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Oracle Applications DBA 12.1.3/12.2.3/12.2.4/12.2.5/12.2.6. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Patching. 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 bug was discovered 01/17/2017. The weakness was disclosed 01/19/2017 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2017 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-3286 since 12/06/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. 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.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96608 (Oracle E-Business Multiple Vulnerabilities (January 2017 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context l.

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 Tenable (96608) and SecurityFocus (BID 95598†). The entries VDB-95550, VDB-95551, VDB-95552 and VDB-95553 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 96608
Nessus Name: Oracle E-Business Multiple Vulnerabilities (January 2017 CPU)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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12/06/2016 🔍
01/17/2017 +42 days 🔍
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01/27/2017 +8 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2017
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-3286 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-3286
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95607
SecurityFocus: 95598 - Oracle E-Business Suite CVE-2017-3286 Local Security Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-3286 - Oracle - E-Business Suite - Unspecified Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037639

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Created: 01/19/2017 14:16
Updated: 05/15/2026 16:07
Changes: 01/19/2017 14:16 (78), 07/25/2020 18:21 (7), 11/02/2022 07:58 (4), 05/15/2026 16:07 (15)
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