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Improper Access Control

CVE-2016-5536

Severity High
Score 7.6/10

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Platform Security for Java component in Oracle Fusion Middleware 12.1.3.0.0, 12.2.1.0.0, and 12.2.1.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-8281.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • LOW

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published