CVE-2019-2979 Business logic in FLEXCUBE Direct Banking

Medium 5.7 Published 16 Oct 2019 Updated 1 Oct 2024

Low-privileged attackers can modify or delete critical banking data via HTTP if a user interacts with a malicious link.

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-2019-2979?

CVE-2019-2979 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation FLEXCUBE Direct Banking, published on 16 Oct 2019. 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 FLEXCUBE Direct Banking product of Oracle Financial Services Applications (component: Payments). Supported versions that are affected are 12.0.2 and 12.0.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle FLEXCUBE Direct Banking. 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 FLEXCUBE Direct Banking accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.7 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2979?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Flexcube Direct Banking.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2979?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-2979 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-2979 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2979 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xp69-h75m-fpxp.