CVE-2018-2620 : What You Need to Know

Oracle Primavera Unifier, a component of the Oracle Construction and Engineering Suite, is vulnerable to unauthorized access and data manipulation through HTTP.

Understanding CVE-2018-2620

This CVE involves a vulnerability in Oracle Primavera Unifier, impacting versions 10.x, 15.x, 16.x, and 17.x.

What is CVE-2018-2620?

The vulnerability in Primavera Unifier allows a low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise the system, potentially leading to unauthorized data access and manipulation.

The Impact of CVE-2018-2620

The vulnerability enables unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification of critical data in Primavera Unifier.
Attackers can gain unauthorized access to critical data or even complete access to all accessible data.
The Confidentiality and Integrity impacts are significant, with a CVSS 3.0 Base Score of 8.1.

Technical Details of CVE-2018-2620

Oracle Primavera Unifier vulnerability details and affected systems.

Vulnerability Description

The vulnerability allows a low privileged attacker to compromise Primavera Unifier via HTTP.
Successful exploitation can result in unauthorized data access and manipulation.

Affected Systems and Versions

Product: Primavera Unifier
Vendor: Oracle Corporation
Affected Versions: 10.x, 15.x, 16.x, 17.x

Exploitation Mechanism

Attackers exploit the vulnerability through network access via HTTP.

Mitigation and Prevention

Steps to mitigate and prevent exploitation of CVE-2018-2620.

Immediate Steps to Take

Apply patches provided by Oracle promptly.
Monitor network traffic for any suspicious activity.
Restrict network access to vulnerable systems.

Long-Term Security Practices

Regularly update and patch software to address vulnerabilities.
Implement network segmentation to limit the impact of potential attacks.

Patching and Updates

Oracle has released patches to address the vulnerability in Primavera Unifier.