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CVE-2020-2791: Vulnerability in the Oracle Knowledge product of Oracle Knowledge (component: Information Manager Console).

Vulnerability in the Oracle Knowledge product of Oracle Knowledge (component: Information Manager Console). Supported versions that are affected are 8.6.0-8.6.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Knowledge. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Knowledge. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CriticalCVSS 9.8Not KEV-listedUpdated
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Security readout for executives and security teams

Plain-English summary

CVE-2020-2791 is a critical Oracle Knowledge flaw that can let an unauthenticated attacker reach the product over HTTP and take over Oracle Knowledge. The affected versions are Oracle Knowledge 8.6.0 through 8.6.2. Business urgency is high where this system is still deployed and network-reachable.

Executive priority

Treat this as urgent for any affected, reachable Oracle Knowledge deployment because the stated impact is full product takeover without authentication. If the product is absent, retired, patched, or isolated from untrusted HTTP access, business urgency drops materially.

Technical view

The issue affects Oracle Knowledge, Information Manager Console, versions 8.6.0-8.6.2. The CVSS 3.0 score is 9.8 with network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges, no user interaction, unchanged scope, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.

Likely exposure

Exposure is most likely in organizations still running Oracle Knowledge 8.6.0-8.6.2 with the Information Manager Console reachable over HTTP from untrusted networks.

Exploitation context

The provided sources describe the vulnerability as easily exploitable over HTTP by an unauthenticated network attacker. They do not provide public exploit details, CWE mapping, or evidence of active exploitation. It is not listed as KEV in the supplied bundle.

Researcher notes

The source bundle gives strong severity and affected-version evidence but limited root-cause detail. No CWE, exploit mechanics, CPEs, or confirmed exploitation evidence are included. Validation should focus on product/version inventory, HTTP reachability, and Oracle CPU remediation status rather than speculative exploit testing.

Mitigation direction

  • Identify any Oracle Knowledge 8.6.0-8.6.2 deployments.
  • Review Oracle's April 2020 Critical Patch Update for applicable Oracle Knowledge remediation.
  • Apply vendor-supported fixes or upgrades from Oracle guidance.
  • Restrict HTTP access to trusted networks until remediation is complete.
  • Retire unsupported or unnecessary Oracle Knowledge instances.

Validation and detection

  • Confirm deployed Oracle Knowledge versions and Information Manager Console presence.
  • Verify whether the system is reachable over HTTP from untrusted networks.
  • Confirm Oracle April 2020 CPU remediation status with patch records.
  • Review access logs for unusual unauthenticated HTTP activity.
  • Document compensating controls for any unpatched instance.
Prepared
Confidence
medium
Sources
3

Public sources used

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Potential ATT&CK relevance

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Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.8 (3.0)
Known Exploited
No
Published

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

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1CVSS vectors
0Timeline events
0ADP providers
2Source links

CVSS vector scores

1 official score

We collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.

ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
9.8CVSS 3.0CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H3.95.9Primary CVE score

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.0 score

9.8Critical
CVSS 3.0 vector shape for CVE-2020-2791Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

Source materials

Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
Oracle CorporationKnowledge8.6.0-8.6.2Listed
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