# CVE-2017-3477: Missing authorization in FLEXCUBE Private Banking

> Low-privileged attackers can unauthorizedly read and modify data in Oracle FLEXCUBE Private Banking via HTTP.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.2 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Apr 2017
- **Updated:** 7 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hgqp-5xcg-53wp

## What is CVE-2017-3477?

CVE-2017-3477 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Flexcube Private Banking, published on 24 Apr 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle FLEXCUBE Private Banking component of Oracle Financial Services Applications (subcomponent: Miscellaneous). Supported versions that are affected are 12.0.0 and 12.1.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle FLEXCUBE Private Banking. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle FLEXCUBE Private Banking accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle FLEXCUBE Private Banking accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.2 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3477?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Flexcube Private Banking.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-3477?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3477 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-3477 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3477 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Flexcube Private Banking

- [CVE-2016-8312](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8312/): Missing authorization in FLEXCUBE Private Banking (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2017-3472](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3472/): Missing authorization in FLEXCUBE Private Banking (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2016-8298](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8298/): Missing authorization in FLEXCUBE Private Banking 2.0.1;2.2.0;12.0.1 (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2017-3476](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3476/): Missing authorization in FLEXCUBE Private Banking (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2017-10006](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-10006/): Missing authorization in FLEXCUBE Private Banking (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-3477 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-3477 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Flexcube Private Banking, published on 24 Apr 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3477 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Flexcube Private Banking. 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-2017-3477/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3477/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3477
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3477
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-3477

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