CVE-2018-2879
Vulnerability in the Oracle Access Manager component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Authentication Engine).
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 21.4%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle Access Manager component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Authentication Engine). Supported versions that are affected are 11.1.2.3.0 and 12.2.1.3.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Access Manager. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Access Manager, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Access Manager. Note: Please refer to Doc ID <a href="http://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article?cmd=show&type=NOT&id=2386496.1">My Oracle Support Note 2386496.1 for instructions on how to address this issue. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.0 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 21.36% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- oracle/access manager
- Source
- secalert_us@oracle.com
EPSS moved from 8.9% on 21 September 2026 to 21.4% on 27 October 2026, peaking at 21.7% on 22 September 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152551/OAMbuster-Multi-Threaded-CVE-2018-2879-Scanner.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/28Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103788Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040695Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/MostafaSoliman/Oracle-OAM-Padding-Oracle-CVE-2018-2879-ExploitProduct, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/27Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/2018/05/oracle-access-managers-identity-crisis/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152551/OAMbuster-Multi-Threaded-CVE-2018-2879-Scanner.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Apr/28Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103788Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040695Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/MostafaSoliman/Oracle-OAM-Padding-Oracle-CVE-2018-2879-ExploitProduct, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/27Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.sec-consult.com/en/blog/2018/05/oracle-access-managers-identity-crisis/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.