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Plain-English summary
CVE-2020-2855 affects Oracle iSupport in Oracle E-Business Suite versions 12.1.1 through 12.1.3. An unauthenticated attacker who can reach the service over HTTP may compromise iSupport if a separate user interacts. The main business risk is exposure of critical iSupport data, with limited ability to modify data.
Executive priority
Treat as high priority for any environment still running affected Oracle iSupport versions. The vulnerability can expose critical business data and allow some data modification, but the supplied evidence does not show active exploitation or availability impact.
Technical view
The supplied record describes a network-accessible, low-complexity Oracle iSupport Admin vulnerability with no attacker privileges required and user interaction required. Scope is changed. Impact is high confidentiality and low integrity, with no availability impact, reflected by CVSS 3.0 score 8.2 and vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations running Oracle E-Business Suite Oracle iSupport versions 12.1.1, 12.1.2, or 12.1.3. Risk increases where iSupport is reachable over HTTP from untrusted networks or used by staff who may interact with attacker-controlled content.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not identify active exploitation, and the CVE is not listed as KEV. The vulnerability is described as easily exploitable over HTTP, but successful exploitation requires human interaction by someone other than the attacker. No exploit details are provided in the supplied sources.
Researcher notes
Key constraints are HTTP network access, no required privileges, and required user interaction. The affected component is Oracle iSupport Admin, but successful attacks may significantly impact additional products. The sources do not provide CWE mapping, exploit method, or detailed remediation steps beyond the Oracle CPU reference.
Mitigation direction
- Review Oracle's April 2020 Critical Patch Update guidance for CVE-2020-2855.
- Apply Oracle-approved updates or upgrade guidance for affected iSupport versions.
- Restrict HTTP access to Oracle iSupport from untrusted networks.
- Limit administrative iSupport access to trusted users and managed devices.
- Monitor iSupport for unusual data access or unauthorized data changes.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Oracle E-Business Suite deployments for iSupport 12.1.1 through 12.1.3.
- Confirm whether Oracle's April 2020 CPU guidance has been applied.
- Verify iSupport HTTP exposure from internet, partner, and internal networks.
- Review access logs for unexpected unauthenticated or anomalous iSupport activity.
- Check for unauthorized updates, inserts, or deletes in iSupport-accessible data.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.2 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N2.84.7Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
8.2HighVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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