Oracle Audit Vault av.action Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

January 18th, 2011
ZDI-11-017 ZDI-CAN-962

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

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

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