CVE-2016-8309: Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing improper access control in Core

CVE-2016-8309 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4.3 · Published 2017-01-27

A vulnerability exists in Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing, a financial platform used for managing investment funds and investor records. An attacker with low-level access to the system can exploit this flaw over the network to view sensitive data they are not authorized to see. This could lead to the exposure of private financial information or internal records.

Technologies: Oracle Flexcube Investor Servicing. Vendors: Oracle.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2016-8309 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2016-8309 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2016-8309?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.3, published 27 January 2017.
Which products and versions are affected?
Oracle Flexcube Investor Servicing 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.4, 12.1.0, 12.3.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2016-8309?
A patch was published on 2017-01-17: Oracle January 2017 Critical Patch Update released Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2016-8309 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
Am I affected by CVE-2016-8309?
Check whether you run Oracle Flexcube Investor Servicing at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

This vulnerability is classified as improper access control (CWE-284) within the Core subcomponent of Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing. It is easily exploitable by a low-privileged attacker with network access via HTTP. The flaw allows an authenticated user to bypass intended restrictions to perform unauthorized read operations on a subset of the application's data. The vulnerability affects versions 12.0.1 through 12.3.0. Oracle addressed this issue in the January 2017 Critical Patch Update.

Affected products

  • Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.4, 12.1.0, 12.3.0

Timeline

  • 2017-01-27: advisory: Initial NVD publication
  • 2017-01-17: patched: Oracle January 2017 Critical Patch Update released

References

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