CVE-2019-2432 Missing authorization in Argus Safety

Medium 4.9 Published 16 Jan 2019 Updated 2 Oct 2024

Low-privileged attackers can bypass authorization to read and modify data in Oracle Argus Safety via HTTP.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2019-2432?

CVE-2019-2432 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Argus Safety, published on 16 Jan 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Argus Safety component of Oracle Health Sciences Applications (subcomponent: Login). Supported versions that are affected are 8.1 and 8.2. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Argus Safety. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Argus Safety, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Argus Safety accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Argus Safety accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.9 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2432?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Argus Safety.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2432?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-2432 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-2019-2432 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2432 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2xg8-pc6j-95h3.