Privilege escalation in Financial Reporting - CVE-2016-3493
Published: July 20, 2016 / Updated: November 22, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU178
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4: 9.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3493
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
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.
Affected software
Financial Reporting
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3493
The vendor has issued a fix as part of the July 2016 Oracle Critical Patch Update.