CVE-2016-0559
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUnspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Customer Intelligence component in Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.10.2, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, and 12.2.5 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0545, CVE-2016-0551, CVE-2016-0552, and CVE-2016-0560.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceUnspecified vulnerability in Oracle Customer Intelligence component of Oracle E-Business Suite affecting versions 11.5.10.2 through 12.2.5. CVSS 6.4 indicates network-exploitable with low complexity, no authentication required, impacting confidentiality and integrity but not availability. The 'unspecified' nature means specific technical vectors (SQL injection, parameter tampering, etc.) are not disclosed in the advisory.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 11.5.10.2= 12.1.1= 12.1.2= 12.1.3= 12.2.3= 12.2.4= 12.2.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Oracle E-Business Suite installationCheck for Oracle E-Business Suite by locating the EBS environment file (ENV_FILE) or by querying the database for the Applications version using 'SELECT release_name FROM fnd_product_groups;'Affected if Oracle E-Business Suite is not present in the environment
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Determine the exact EBS versionRun 'SELECT version FROM applsys.fnd_product_groups;' or check the $APPL_TOP/admin/$CONTEXT_NAME.xml file for the release version stringAffected if The version falls within 11.5.10.2 through 12.2.5 (including 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, 12.2.5)
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Verify Customer Intelligence module is installed and enabledQuery the database for the Customer Intelligence product status using 'SELECT product_version, status FROM fnd_product_installations WHERE product_id LIKE "%CIG%" OR product_id LIKE "%CUSTOMER%INTELLIGENCE%";'Affected if Customer Intelligence is installed and shows status as 'I' (Installed) or 'S' (Shared)
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Check for direct network exposure of EBS interfacesReview the Oracle E-Business Suite web entry points accessible from the network, specifically the /OA_HTML/CigHtml or /OA_HTML/ci/ paths if exposed, and verify if the EBS login page (/OA_HTML/AppsLogin) is internet-facing without proper access controlsAffected if The EBS web interfaces are exposed to untrusted networks without authentication gates
The environment is affected if Oracle E-Business Suite with Customer Intelligence module is installed and the version falls within 11.5.10.2 through 12.2.5, with web interfaces network-accessible to untrusted users.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply Oracle Critical Patch Updates (CPU) for January 2016 and subsequent updates. Given unspecified vectors, ensure all EBS patches are current and review Oracle's January 2016 CPU for specific fixes.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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