Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-5497 - Improper Access Control vulnerability in Oracle Database 12.1.0.2
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
HIGH Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in the RDBMS Security component in Oracle Database Server 12.1.0.2 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Embedding Scripts within Scripts An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
- Signature Spoofing by Key Theft An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by theft and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.
Nessus
| NASL family | Databases |
| NASL id | ORACLE_RDBMS_CPU_OCT_2016.NASL |
| description | The remote Oracle Database Server is missing the October 2016 Critical Patch Update (CPU). It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An unspecified flaw exists in the RDBMS Security and SQL*Plus component that allows an authenticated, remote attacker to disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2016-3562) - An unspecified flaw exists in the RDBMS Security component that allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-5497) - Multiple unspecified flaws exist in the RDBMS Security component that allow a local attacker to disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2016-5498, CVE-2016-5499) - An unspecified flaw exists in the RDBMS Programmable Interface component that allows a local attacker to disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2016-5505) - An unspecified flaw exists in the Kernel PDB component that allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2016-5516) - An unspecified flaw exists in the OJVM component that allows an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5555) - An unspecified flaw exists in the Kernel PDB component that allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-5572) |
| last seen | 2020-06-02 |
| modified | 2016-10-21 |
| plugin id | 94201 |
| published | 2016-10-21 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94201 |
| title | Oracle Database Multiple Vulnerabilities (October 2016 CPU) |
| code | |