# CVE-2017-3500: Information disclosure in Primavera Gateway

> High-privileged attackers can access critical data and cause denial of service in Oracle Primavera Gateway via HTTP.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Apr 2017
- **Updated:** 7 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vpmv-grmc-jrp8

## What is CVE-2017-3500?

CVE-2017-3500 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Primavera Gateway, published on 24 Apr 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Vulnerability in the Primavera Gateway component of Oracle Primavera Products Suite (subcomponent: Primavera Desktop Integration). Supported versions that are affected are 1.0, 1.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2, 16.1 and 16.2. Easily "exploitable" vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Primavera Gateway. While the vulnerability is in Primavera Gateway, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Primavera Gateway accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Primavera Gateway. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.7 (Confidentiality and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3500?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oracle Primavera Gateway.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-3500?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3500 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-3500 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3500 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Primavera Gateway

- [CVE-2017-3508](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3508/): Auth bypass in Primavera Gateway (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2023-21888](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-21888/): Cross-site scripting in Primavera Gateway (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-3500 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-3500 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Primavera Gateway, published on 24 Apr 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3500 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oracle Primavera Gateway. 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-2017-3500/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3500/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3500
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3500
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-3500

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