Advisory Details

April 21st, 2014

Oracle Event Processing FileUploadServlet Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2014-2424
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Oracle
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Event Processing
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Oracle Event Processing. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the FileUploadServlet class. The class contains a method that does not properly sanitize input allowing for directory traversal. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to write files under the context of the user and achieve remote code execution.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Oracle has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2013-12-09 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2014-04-21 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Andrea Micalizzi (rgod)

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