# CVE-2017-3403: Oracle E-Business Suite Advanced Outbound Telephony vulnerability in User Interface

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2017-3403-oracle-e-business-suite-advanced-outbound-telephony-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2017-01-27. Updated: 2026-05-13  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2017-3403 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.2 · Published 2017-01-27

A vulnerability exists in the Oracle Advanced Outbound Telephony component of Oracle E-Business Suite, which is used to manage high-volume outbound calling operations. An attacker could exploit this flaw to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data or modify records, potentially disrupting business operations and compromising customer information. Successful exploitation requires a legitimate user to perform a specific action, such as clicking a malicious link.

Technologies: [Oracle Advanced Outbound Telephony](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/advanced-outbound-telephony). Vendors: [Oracle](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/oracle).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2017-3403 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2017-3403 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2017-3403?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.2, published 27 January 2017.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Oracle Advanced Outbound Telephony 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, 12.2.5, 12.2.6.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2017-3403?** 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-2017-3403 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.

**Am I affected by CVE-2017-3403?** Check whether you run Oracle Advanced Outbound Telephony 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 affects the User Interface subcomponent of Oracle Advanced Outbound Telephony within Oracle E-Business Suite. It is an easily exploitable flaw that allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise the system. The attack requires human interaction from a person other than the attacker (User Interaction: Required) and has a 'Changed' scope, meaning the impact can extend beyond the immediate component to other parts of the E-Business Suite. Successful exploitation can result in unauthorized read access to all accessible data and unauthorized update, insert, or delete access to a subset of data. The vulnerability is addressed in the Oracle Critical Patch Update for January 2017.

## Affected products

- Oracle Advanced Outbound Telephony 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, 12.2.5, 12.2.6

## Timeline

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

## References

- [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2017-2881727.html](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2017-2881727.html)
- [http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95531](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95531)

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