Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-3473 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher 11.1.1.7.0/11.1.1.9.0/12.2.1.0.0

047910
CVSS 7.7 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
oracle
CWE-200
nessus
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2016-10-25
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher) component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 11.1.1.7.0, 11.1.1.9.0, and 12.2.1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Oracle
3

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Subverting Environment Variable Values
    The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
  • Footprinting
    An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
  • Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible)
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
  • Browser Fingerprinting
    An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
  • Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
    This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.

Exploit-Db

descriptionOracle BI Publisher 11.1.1.6.0 / 11.1.1.7.0 / 11.1.1.9.0 / 12.2.1.0.0 - XML External Entity Injection. CVE-2016-3473. Webapps exploit for XML platform
fileexploits/xml/webapps/40590.txt
idEDB-ID:40590
last seen2016-10-20
modified2016-10-20
platformxml
port
published2016-10-20
reporterJakub Palaczynski
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/40590/
titleOracle BI Publisher 11.1.1.6.0 / 11.1.1.7.0 / 11.1.1.9.0 / 12.2.1.0.0 - XML External Entity Injection
typewebapps

Nessus

NASL familyMisc.
NASL idORACLE_BI_PUBLISHER_OCT_2016_CPU.NASL
descriptionThe version of Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher running on the remote host is 11.1.1.7.x prior to 11.1.1.7.160719, 11.1.1.9.x prior to 11.1.1.9.161018, or 12.2.1.0.x prior to 12.2.1.0.161018. It is, therefore, affected by an unspecified vulnerability in the BI Publisher component in Oracle Fusion Middleware which allows remote, authenticated users to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application
last seen2020-05-31
modified2019-10-25
plugin id130277
published2019-10-25
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/130277
titleOracle Business Intelligence Publisher Information Disclosure (Oct 2016 CPU)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(130277);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/27");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-3473");
  script_bugtraq_id(93719);

  script_name(english:"Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher Information Disclosure (Oct 2016 CPU)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher running on the remote host is 11.1.1.7.x prior to 11.1.1.7.160719,
11.1.1.9.x prior to 11.1.1.9.161018, or 12.2.1.0.x prior to 12.2.1.0.161018. It is, therefore, affected by an
unspecified vulnerability in the BI Publisher component in Oracle Fusion Middleware which allows remote, authenticated
users to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2016.htm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Apply the appropriate patch according to the October 2016 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-3473");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/10/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/10/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/10/25");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"all");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:oracle:fusion_middleware");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:oracle:business_intelligence_publisher");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_dependencies("oracle_bi_publisher_installed.nbin", "oracle_bi_publisher_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher");
  exit(0);
}

include('vcf.inc');
include('vcf_extras.inc');
appname = 'Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher';
app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:appname);

# Bundle numbers come from October 2016 CPU Fusion Middleware for BI Publisher, patch numbers come from docs as noted below
# 11.1.1.7.x - Bundle: 23703041 | Patch: 23299563 from Doc ID 1276869.1
# 11.1.1.9.x - Bundle: 24668000 | Patch: 24736889 from Doc ID 1276869.1
# 12.2.1.0.x - Bundle: 24695761 | Patch: 24695761 (Doc ID 2147699.1 has no specific patch)
constraints = [
  {'min_version': '11.1.1.7', 'fixed_version': '11.1.1.7.160719', 'patch': '23299563', 'bundle': '23703041'},
  {'min_version': '11.1.1.9', 'fixed_version': '11.1.1.9.161018', 'patch': '24736889', 'bundle': '24668000'},
  {'min_version': '12.2.1.0', 'fixed_version': '12.2.1.0.161018', 'patch': '24695761', 'bundle': '24695761'}
];

vcf::oracle_bi_publisher::check_version_and_report(app_info: app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);

References