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CVE-2020-2555

Oracle Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

KEVEXPLOIT ×2 ✓CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 97.1%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 3 May 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle Coherence product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Caching,CacheStore,Invocation). Supported versions that are affected are 3.7.1.0, 12.1.3.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via T3 to compromise Oracle Coherence. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Coherence. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
97.12% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 14 April 2020
CISA KEV
Listed 3 November 2021 · due 3 May 2022
Weakness
CWE-502
Affected
oracle/access manager · oracle/coherence · oracle/commerce platform · oracle/communications diameter signaling router · oracle/healthcare data repository · oracle/rapid planning · oracle/retail assortment planning · oracle/utilities framework · oracle/webcenter portal
Source
secalert_us@oracle.com
EPSS trend
0%50%100%26 October 2026: 97.12%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 97.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2555

Public exploits (2)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-48508source ↗WebLogic Server - Deserialization RCE - BadAttributeValueExpException (Metasploit)multiple · Metasploitremote22 May 2020yes
EDB-48320source ↗Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1.4.0 - Remote Code Executionjava · nu11secur1tywebapps14 April 2020no

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.