#VU11980 Security restrictions bypass in Oracle Financial Services Basel Regulatory Capital Internal Ratings Based Approach - CVE-2018-2859

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11980

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-2859

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Oracle Financial Services Basel Regulatory Capital Internal Ratings Based Approach
Web applications / Remote management & hosting panels

Vendor: Oracle

Description
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information and write arbitrary files on the target system.

The weakness exists in the Oracle Financial Services Basel Regulatory Capital Internal Ratings Based Approach component of Oracle Financial Services Applications due to improper security restrictions. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file, update, insert or delete some of Oracle Financial Services Basel Regulatory Capital Internal Ratings Based Approach accessible data and gain unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Financial Services Basel Regulatory Capital Internal Ratings Based Approach accessible data.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Financial Services Basel Regulatory Capital Internal Ratings Based Approach: 8.0.0

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External links
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.