Privilege escalation in Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center

1) Privilege escalation

EUVDB-ID: #VU8911

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6814

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges.

The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center Networking (Apache Groovy) component. A remote attacker can escalate his privileges on the target system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center: 12.2.2 - 12.3.2

External links

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.