Privilege escalation in Financial Reporting - CVE-2016-3493

 

Privilege escalation in Financial Reporting - CVE-2016-3493

Published: July 20, 2016 / Updated: November 22, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU178
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3493
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Oracle
Affected software:
Financial Reporting

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges.

The vulnerability exists in Oracle Hyperion Financial Reporting. A remote user can gain elevated privileges by exploiting a flaw in the Hyperion Financial Reporting Security Models component.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in user access via network.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-3493

The vendor has issued a fix as part of the July 2016 Oracle Critical Patch Update.

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