Race condition in Oracle Communications Fraud Monitor

1) Race condition

EUVDB-ID: #VU82200

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-45145

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition between listen(2) and chmod(2) calls on startup. A local user can exploit the race and escalate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle Communications Fraud Monitor: 5.0 - 5.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle_communications_fraud_monitor:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:oracle:oracle_communications_fraud_monitor:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2024.html?993966

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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