CVE-2020-14854
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 · uneditedVulnerability in the Hyperion Infrastructure Technology product of Oracle Hyperion (component: UI and Visualization). The supported version that is affected is 11.1.2.4. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Hyperion Infrastructure Technology. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Hyperion Infrastructure Technology accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Hyperion Infrastructure Technology accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/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 confidenceA vulnerability in the UI and Visualization component of Oracle Hyperion Infrastructure Technology version 11.1.2.4 allows high-privileged attackers with network access via HTTP to create, delete, or modify critical data, or gain unauthorized access to sensitive data, but exploitation requires human interaction.
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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= 11.1.2.4CVSS 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
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Oracle Hyperion Infrastructure Technology is installedLocate the Hyperion installation directory and identify the installed product components. Common locations include /opt/oracle/ or C:\Oracle\ on Windows servers.Affected if The product is installed and version 11.1.2.4 is confirmed
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Verify the exact installed versionCheck the version of Oracle Hyperion Infrastructure Technology using the product's built-in version utility or check version files in the installation directory.Affected if The installed version is exactly 11.1.2.4
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Confirm UI and Visualization component is enabledCheck the Hyperion configuration to determine if the UI and Visualization component (web interfaces, dashboards, or reporting tools) is enabled and accessible.Affected if The UI and Visualization component is enabled and accessible to users
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Check network exposure via HTTPVerify that the Hyperion web interfaces are exposed over HTTP/HTTPS to the network. Review firewall rules and reverse proxy configurations.Affected if The UI component is reachable over HTTP from the network
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Identify high-privileged accountsReview the user accounts in Hyperion with administrative or high-privilege access that could be targeted for exploitation.Affected if High-privileged user accounts exist in the system
You are affected if Oracle Hyperion Infrastructure Technology version 11.1.2.4 is installed with the UI and Visualization component enabled and accessible over HTTP, as exploitation requires human interaction with a high-privileged attacker.
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's January 2021 Critical Patch Update (CPU) for Oracle Hyperion Infrastructure Technology to address this vulnerability in version 11.1.2.4.
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2020-14854 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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