Background exploitation KEV catalog No authentication

CVE-2022-21445

Oracle ADF Faces Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability

CheckOps priority index

8.2/10 Patch within 24 h

Severity9.8

Probability6.2

Exploitation4/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 62.5% higher than 99.2% of CVEs

CVSS 3.1 9.8 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:

Exploited for 776 days 18 Sept 2024

CISA due date 09 Oct 2024 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 4 / 5

KEV catalog (CISA)18 Sept 2024
Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)18 Sept 2024
Used by ransomwareno
EPSS above 10 %62.5%
No account, over the networkyes

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Description ENISA EUVD

Vulnerability in the Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: ADF Faces). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.1.3.0 and 12.2.1.4.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF). Note: Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) is downloaded via Oracle JDeveloper Product. Please refer to Fusion Middleware Patch Advisor for more details. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 9.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Affected products

Application Development Framework (ADF)ADF Faces

Affected versions

12.2.1.4.0
12.2.1.3.0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-502

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

19 Apr 2022
Published
18 Sept 2024
Exploitation reported (ENISA)
18 Sept 2024
Added to the KEV catalog
09 Oct 2024
CISA remediation due date
26 Sept 2026
EPSS peak: 62.5%

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