Security restrictions bypass in Identity Manager - CVE-2017-10151

 

Security restrictions bypass in Identity Manager - CVE-2017-10151

Published: October 31, 2017 / Updated: April 7, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9014
CSH Severity: High
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:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10151
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available
Vendor: Oracle
Affected software:
Identity Manager

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error in the Oracle Identity Manager component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Default Account). A remote attacker with network access via HTTP can compromise Oracle Identity Manager.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in takeover of Oracle Identity Manager.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-10151

Install update from vendor's website.

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