CVE-2020-14864 vulnerability in Oracle Products
Published on October 21, 2020
Vulnerability in the Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Installation). Supported versions that are affected are 5.5.0.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Path Transversal vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Path traversal vulnerability, where an attacker can target the preview FilePath parameter of the getPreviewImage function to get access to arbitrary system file.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by July 18, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-14864 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors in an automatable fashion. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-14864
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Affected Versions
Oracle Corporation Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition:- Version 5.5.0.0.0 is affected.
- Version 12.2.1.3.0 is affected.
- Version 12.2.1.4.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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