9.0
CRITICAL
CVE-2018-2879
Oracle Fusion Middleware Access Manager Authentication Engine HTTP Takeover Vulnerability
Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Access Manager component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Authentication Engine). Supported versions that are affected are 11.1.2.3.0 and 12.2.1.3.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Access Manager. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Access Manager, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Access Manager. Note: Please refer to Doc ID <a href="http://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=2386496.1">My Oracle Support Note 2386496.1 for instructions on how to address this issue. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

INFO

Published Date :

April 19, 2018, 2:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-2879 has a 6 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-2879 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Oracle access_manager
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-2879.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152551/OAMbuster-Multi-Threaded-CVE-2018-2879-Scanner.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/28 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103788 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040695 VDB Entry Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/MostafaSoliman/Oracle-OAM-Padding-Oracle-CVE-2018-2879-Exploit Product Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/27 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/2018/05/oracle-access-managers-identity-crisis/ Exploit Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 8 months, 2 weeks ago
33 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : March 12, 2021, 12:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1063 different CVEs too.

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Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
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Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
82 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1111 different CVEs too.

Multithreaded Padding Oracle Attack on Oracle OAM (CVE-2018-2879)

Python

Updated: 8 months ago
24 stars 9 fork 9 watcher
Born at : April 14, 2019, 4:32 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Exploit for Oracle Access Manager padding oracle vulnerability (CVE-2018-2879)

Python

Updated: 2 years, 4 months ago
7 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : July 29, 2018, 6:56 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Python

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
11 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : July 26, 2018, 7:31 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-2879 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-2879 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-284 CWE-284 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/28 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/28 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 19, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/28 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/27 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/27 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/MostafaSoliman/Oracle-OAM-Padding-Oracle-CVE-2018-2879-Exploit No Types Assigned https://github.com/MostafaSoliman/Oracle-OAM-Padding-Oracle-CVE-2018-2879-Exploit Product, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152551/OAMbuster-Multi-Threaded-CVE-2018-2879-Scanner.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152551/OAMbuster-Multi-Threaded-CVE-2018-2879-Scanner.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/2018/05/oracle-access-managers-identity-crisis/ No Types Assigned https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/2018/05/oracle-access-managers-identity-crisis/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152551/OAMbuster-Multi-Threaded-CVE-2018-2879-Scanner.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/27 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/2018/05/oracle-access-managers-identity-crisis/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://github.com/MostafaSoliman/Oracle-OAM-Padding-Oracle-CVE-2018-2879-Exploit [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040695 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040695 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103788 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103788 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-284
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:access_manager:11.1.2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:access_manager:12.2.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 20, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040695 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103788 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-2879 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-2879 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.16 }} -0.09%

score

0.84948

percentile

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