CVE-2016-8316 Missing authorization in FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing

Medium 5.4 Published 27 Jan 2017 Updated 9 Oct 2024

Low-privileged attackers can modify or read data in Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing via HTTP with user interaction.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2016-8316?

CVE-2016-8316 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing, published on 27 Jan 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing component of Oracle Financial Services Applications (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 12.0.1, 12.0.2,12.0.4,12.1.0 and 12.3.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing accessible data. CVSS v3.0 Base Score 5.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts).

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8316?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Flexcube Investor Servicing.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8316?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8316 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2016-8316 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8316 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fp8g-cf3g-7r87.