Privilege escalation in Oracle Secure Global Desktop

1) Privilege escalation

EUVDB-ID: #VU175

Risk: Critical

CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Red]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3613

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges.

The vulnerability exists in Oracle Secure Global Desktop. A remote user can gain elevated privileges by exploiting a flaw in the Oracle Secure Global Desktop OpenSSL component.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in user access with elevated privileges on the target system.

Mitigation

The vendor has issued a fix as part of the July 2016 Oracle Critical Patch Update.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Secure Global Desktop: 4.63 - 5.2

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle_secure_global_desktop:4.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle_secure_global_desktop:4.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle_secure_global_desktop:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to open a a specially crafted file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.