CVE-2021-2445
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-07-20 22:44
Modified
2024-09-25 19:42
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
Vulnerability in the Hyperion Infrastructure Technology product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Lifecycle Management). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.5.0. Difficult to exploit 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 5.7 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).
References
Impacted products
Vendor | Product | Version | |
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▼ | Oracle Corporation | Hyperion Infrastructure Technology |
Version: 11.2.5.0 |
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