CVE-2017-10163 Missing authorization in Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition

Medium 6.3 Published 19 Oct 2017 Updated 4 Oct 2024

Low-privileged attackers can modify or read critical data in Oracle BI Enterprise Edition 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-2017-10163?

CVE-2017-10163 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Business Intelligence, published on 19 Oct 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 Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Analytics Web General). Supported versions that are affected are 11.1.1.7.0, 11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.1.0 and 12.2.1.2.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data. Note: Please refer to Doc ID <a href="http://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=2310021.1">My Oracle Support Note 2310021.1 for instructions on how to address this issue. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.3 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10163?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Business Intelligence.

How do I fix CVE-2017-10163?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-10163 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-2017-10163 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10163 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-p9x8-f58c-q7wx.