Information disclosure in Oracle WebCenter Portal

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU19941

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12086

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a polymorphic typing issue when Default Typing is enabled for an externally exposed JSON endpoint and the service has the mysql-connector-java jar in the classpath. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted JSON message and read arbitrary local files on the server due to the missing "com.mysql.cj.jdbc.admin.MiniAdmin" validation.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle WebCenter Portal: 12.2.1.3.0

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2019.html?540358

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

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

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.