# CVE-2017-10179: Missing authorization in Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite

> Unauthenticated attackers can read and modify data in Oracle E-Business Suite Application Management Pack via HTTP.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Aug 2017
- **Updated:** 4 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6wmw-wp56-g8f5

## What is CVE-2017-10179?

CVE-2017-10179 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite, published on 8 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite component of Oracle E-Business Suite (subcomponent: User Monitoring). Supported versions that are affected are AMP 12.1.0.4.0 and AMP 13.1.1.1.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.5 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10179?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Application Management Pack.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-10179?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-10179 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-10179 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10179 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite

- [CVE-2018-3167](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3167/): Information disclosure in Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-10179 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-10179 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite, published on 8 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10179 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10179/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10179/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10179
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10179
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-10179

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