CVE-2020-14561 Privilege escalation in Hospitality Reporting and Analytics

High 7.3 Published 15 Jul 2020 Updated 27 Sep 2024

A low-privileged attacker with local access can escalate privileges to take over the Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics system.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2020-14561?

CVE-2020-14561 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Corporation Hospitality Reporting and Analytics, published on 15 Jul 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics product of Oracle Food and Beverage Applications (component: Installation). The supported version that is affected is 9.1.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics executes to compromise Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Hospitality Reporting and Analytics. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14561?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Oracle Food and Beverage Applications.

How do I fix CVE-2020-14561?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14561 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-14561 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14561 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6hf9-2c4c-m4j4.