Advisory Details

January 18th, 2011

Oracle Audit Vault av.action Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2010-4449
CVSS SCORE	9.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Oracle
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Audit Vault
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['10669']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Oracle Audit Vault. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The flaw exists within the av component which listens by default on TCP port 5700. When handling an action.execute request the process evaluates code provided as a parameter without proper validation. This allows for creation of arbitrary objects. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the oracle user.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Oracle has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2011-194091.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2010-09-29 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2011-01-18 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	1c239c43f521145fa8385d64a9c32243

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