LiveActive security incident?Get immediate response
CVE Record

CVE-2020-2881: Vulnerability in the Oracle CRM Technical Foundation product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Prefere...

Vulnerability in the Oracle CRM Technical Foundation product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Preferences). Supported versions that are affected are 12.1.1-12.1.3. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle CRM Technical Foundation. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle CRM Technical Foundation, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle CRM Technical Foundation accessible data as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle CRM Technical Foundation accessible data. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N).

HighCVSS 8.2Not KEV-listedUpdated
Discuss exposureBack to CVEs
Glexia's TakeAutomated analysishigh

Security readout for executives and security teams

Plain-English summary

This is a high-severity Oracle E-Business Suite CRM issue. An unauthenticated attacker reachable over HTTP could, with user interaction, gain broad access to sensitive CRM Technical Foundation data and limited ability to modify data.

Executive priority

Treat as a high-priority remediation item for any affected Oracle E-Business Suite CRM deployment, especially internet-facing or broadly reachable internal systems, because the stated impact includes critical data exposure.

Technical view

CVE-2020-2881 affects Oracle CRM Technical Foundation Preferences in E-Business Suite versions 12.1.1 through 12.1.3. CVSS 8.2 reflects network access, low attack complexity, no privileges, required user interaction, changed scope, high confidentiality impact, and low integrity impact.

Likely exposure

Exposure is most likely where affected Oracle E-Business Suite CRM Technical Foundation 12.1.1-12.1.3 instances are reachable over HTTP, especially from untrusted networks or broad internal user populations.

Exploitation context

No provided source states active exploitation, and the KEV flag is false. Risk remains material because the vulnerable surface is network-reachable without authentication, although successful exploitation requires interaction from someone other than the attacker.

Researcher notes

The public description does not name a CWE, root cause, proof-of-concept, or detailed mitigation beyond Oracle's advisory reference. Keep analysis bounded to affected versions, HTTP network access, required user interaction, and confidentiality/integrity impacts.

Mitigation direction

  • Review Oracle's April 2020 Critical Patch Update guidance for this CVE.
  • Apply applicable Oracle vendor patches or updates for affected E-Business Suite components.
  • Restrict HTTP access to Oracle E-Business Suite from untrusted networks where possible.
  • Prioritize monitoring around affected CRM Technical Foundation Preferences access paths.

Validation and detection

  • Inventory Oracle E-Business Suite CRM Technical Foundation deployments and versions.
  • Confirm whether versions 12.1.1, 12.1.2, or 12.1.3 are present.
  • Check patch records against Oracle's April 2020 Critical Patch Update.
  • Review access controls for HTTP exposure to affected E-Business Suite systems.
Prepared
Confidence
high
Sources
3

Public sources used

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Potential ATT&CK relevance

Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context

These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.

ATT&CK lookup starting points

Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.

cve · low confidence lookup

CVE-2020-2881 mapping review

Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.

Open ATT&CK lookup
Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
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

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.

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
8.2CVSS 3.0HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N2.84.7Primary CVE score

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.0 score

8.2High
CVSS 3.0 vector shape for CVE-2020-2881Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

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

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 CorporationCRM Technical Foundation12.1.1-12.1.3Listed
Weakness

CWE details

No CWE listed

CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.