High severity · published Jul 21, 2021
CVE-2021-2396
Vulnerability in the Oracle BI Publisher product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: E-Business Suite - XDO)
8.8
CVSS
35.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle BI Publisher product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: E-Business Suite - XDO). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.0.0.0, 11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle BI Publisher. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle BI Publisher. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)35.7% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BP
BI Publisher · Oracle
5.5.0.0.0; 11.1.1.9.0; 12.2.1.3.0; 12.2.1.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2396
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-2396
Vendor Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-884/
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