Input validation error in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools - CVE-2017-10146

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools component of Oracle PeopleSoft Products (subcomponent: Portal). Supported versions that are affected are 8.54 and 8.55. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. While the vulnerability is in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L).

How to mitigate CVE-2017-10146

Sources

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99732
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038932
• https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-17-040-anonymous-directory-traversal-vulnerability-double-encode-peoplesoft/