Privileged data modification via undisclosed Firewall flaw
Published Jan 16, 2024 · Updated Jun 3, 2025
Improper access control in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20.1 through 20.9 allows remote authenticated users to modify protected data. Oracle identifies the Firewall component and Oracle Net exposure but has not published the vulnerable function, input, or failed authorization check. Exploitation requires high application privileges and permits unauthorized updates, inserts, or deletions to only some accessible data.
Summary
What happened
Improper access control in Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall 20.1 through 20.9 allows remote authenticated users to modify protected data. Oracle identifies the Firewall component and Oracle Net exposure but has not published the vulnerable function, input, or failed authorization check. Exploitation requires high application privileges and permits unauthorized updates, inserts, or deletions to only some accessible data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-20912
- Published
- Jan 16, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Oracle Corporation
- Product
- Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall
- Classifications
- CWE-284
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 16, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=20.1 <=20.9
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