2019-2729 | Oracle Hyperion Infrastructure Technology Oracle WebLogic Server access control

By Max On Jul 24, 2021

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9.4	$25k-$100k	0.39

A vulnerability has been found in Oracle Hyperion Infrastructure Technology 11.1.2.4/11.2.5.0 and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Oracle WebLogic Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Web Services). Supported versions that are affected are 10.3.6.0.0, 12.1.3.0.0 and 12.2.1.3.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle WebLogic Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle WebLogic Server. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

The weakness was released 07/20/2021 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory – July 2021. It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-2729 since 12/14/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn’t need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $25k-$100k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/24/2021). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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