CVE-2017-3556: Oracle Corporation Application Object Library…

CVE-2017-3556: Vulnerability in the Oracle Application Object Library component of Oracle E-Business Suite (subcomponent:...

Vulnerability in the Oracle Application Object Library component of Oracle E-Business Suite (subcomponent: File Management). Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, 12.2.5 and 12.2.6. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Application Object Library. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Application Object Library accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.7 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

UnknownCVSS not scoredNot KEV-listedUpdatedOct 4, 2024, 19:22 UTC (UTC+00:00)

Security readout for executives and security teams

CVE-2017-3556 is an Oracle E-Business Suite issue that could let an unauthenticated attacker read some Application Object Library data over HTTP. Oracle rates exploitation as difficult, and the recorded impact is limited to confidentiality, not data modification or outage. Organizations running affected Oracle E-Business Suite versions with HTTP access to Application Object Library functionality are the relevant exposure group. Internet-facing or broadly reachable EBS deployments carry higher practical concern than tightly restricted internal systems. Treat this as a patch governance and exposure-reduction item, especially for internet-reachable Oracle E-Business Suite. It is not evidenced as actively exploited here, but unauthenticated data access in ERP systems can still create business risk. Mitigation focus: Check Oracle April 2017 CPU guidance for CVE-2017-3556 remediation.; Upgrade or patch affected E-Business Suite versions per Oracle guidance.; Restrict HTTP access to EBS from untrusted networks..

Prepared: Jun 13, 2026, 05:18 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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Severity: Unknown
CVSS: Not scored
Known Exploited: No
Published: Apr 24, 2017, 19:00 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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https://erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-17-025-auth-bypass-file-downloading-oracle-e-business-suite/CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC

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Oracle CorporationApplication Object Library12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, 12.2.5, 12.2.6Listed

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