Privilege escalation in Oracle Database Server - CVE-2018-3110

 

Privilege escalation in Oracle Database Server - CVE-2018-3110

Published: August 13, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU14316
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3110
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists VM component of Oracle Database Server due to insufficient privileges and access controls. A remote attacker who has Create Session privilege with network access via Oracle Net can gain elevated privileges and compromise Java VM.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in takeover of Java VM.

Affected software

Oracle Database Server

How to mitigate CVE-2018-3110

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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