CVE-2025-61751

8.1 HIGH

📋 TL;DR

This vulnerability in Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure allows authenticated attackers with low privileges to remotely manipulate or access sensitive financial data via HTTP. It affects specific versions of Oracle Financial Services Applications, potentially compromising data confidentiality and integrity.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure
Versions: 8.0.7.9, 8.0.8.7, 8.1.2.5
Operating Systems: Not specified, likely cross-platform
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: Requires network access via HTTP and low-privileged user account; component is Platform within Oracle Financial Services Applications.

📦 What is this software?

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Complete compromise of all financial analytical data, including unauthorized creation, modification, or deletion of critical financial records, leading to financial fraud or regulatory violations.

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Likely Case

Unauthorized access to sensitive financial data and manipulation of analytical reports, potentially affecting financial decision-making and compliance.

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If Mitigated

Limited impact with proper network segmentation, strong authentication controls, and monitoring in place, though risk remains if patching is delayed.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH
🏢 Internal Only: HIGH

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No
Weaponized: UNKNOWN
Unauthenticated Exploit: ✅ No
Complexity: LOW

Easily exploitable with low privileges; no public exploit details available as of advisory.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: Check Oracle CPU Oct 2025 advisory for specific patched versions

Vendor Advisory: https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2025.html

Restart Required: Yes

Instructions:

1. Review Oracle CPU Oct 2025 advisory. 2. Apply relevant patches from Oracle Support. 3. Restart affected services. 4. Test functionality post-patch.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Network Segmentation

linux

Restrict network access to Oracle Financial Services Applications to trusted IPs only.

iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -s trusted_ip -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j DROP

Privilege Reduction

all

Review and minimize low-privileged user accounts with HTTP access to the application.

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Implement strict network access controls and monitor for unusual HTTP activity.
  • Enhance logging and alerting for data modification or unauthorized access attempts.

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check application version against affected versions: 8.0.7.9, 8.0.8.7, 8.1.2.5.

Check Version:

Consult Oracle application logs or administrative interfaces for version info.

Verify Fix Applied:

Verify patch application via Oracle documentation and confirm version is updated beyond affected ranges.

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Unusual HTTP requests from low-privileged users
  • Unexpected data creation/modification/deletion logs

Network Indicators:

  • HTTP traffic to Oracle Financial Services Applications from unauthorized sources

SIEM Query:

source="oracle_app" AND (event_type="data_modification" OR user_privilege="low")

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