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Insurance Accounting AnalyzerApplication · Oracle

CVE-2020-14693

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2020-07-15
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 8.0.9 or later.
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71/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable Zero-click

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 · unedited
Vulnerability in the Oracle Insurance Accounting Analyzer product of Oracle Financial Services Applications (component: User Interface). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.6-8.0.9. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Insurance Accounting Analyzer. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Insurance Accounting Analyzer accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

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 · high confidence

This is an authorization bypass vulnerability in Oracle Insurance Accounting Analyzer's User Interface component. The CVSS vector (PR:L/C:N/I:H/A:N) indicates that a low-privileged authenticated attacker can exploit the issue over the network to achieve unauthorized modification (create/delete/update) of critical data without affecting confidentiality or availability. The vulnerability is easily exploitable and affects versions 8.0.6 through 8.0.9.

MitigationApply the relevant Oracle security patch for CVE-2020-14693 from Oracle's Critical Patch Updates. Restrict network access to the User Interface component until patching can be completed, and verify after patching that the authorization controls properly enforce privilege boundaries.

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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
Insurance Accounting AnalyzerApplication
Affected:>= 8.0.6, <= 8.0.9

CVSS 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
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm Oracle Insurance Accounting Analyzer installation
    Locate the Oracle Insurance Accounting Analyzer installation directory, check for associated services on the system, or query the application's about/version page if accessible
    Affected if The product is installed and accessible in the environment
  2. Identify installed version number
    Check the application's version information through its UI, administration console, or installation metadata files. Compare the version against the affected range 8.0.6 through 8.0.9
    Affected if The installed version falls within 8.0.6 to 8.0.9 inclusive
  3. Verify User Interface component is accessible
    Confirm the OIAA User Interface component is network-accessible or exposed to users. Check if the UI endpoint responds to HTTP/HTTPS requests
    Affected if The UI component is enabled and reachable over the network
  4. Assess authentication configuration
    Review the authentication settings for the UI component to determine whether low-privileged user accounts can be created or accessed
    Affected if Low-privileged authenticated users can access the UI component

The environment is affected if Oracle Insurance Accounting Analyzer is installed with a version between 8.0.6 and 8.0.9 and its User Interface component is accessible to low-privileged authenticated users.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 8.0.9
Interim mitigation

Apply the relevant Oracle security patch for CVE-2020-14693 from Oracle's Critical Patch Updates. Restrict network access to the User Interface component until patching can be completed, and verify after patching that the authorization controls properly enforce privilege boundaries.

Fix this in Insurance Accounting Analyzer Scoped from the published advisory
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